Business Academy
BANGOR — The Bangor Police Department will hold its first eight-week Regional Business Academy 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 12-April 23, at the Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business, Husson University, 1 College Circle.
Participants should be business owners, managers and employees, must be at least 21 years old and will be subject to a background check.
The sessions will include education on shoplifting prevention, employee hiring, fire prevention and safety, counterfeiting and fraud, criminal investigations and courtroom procedure.
The academy is designed to help employees and owners protect their businesses from becoming victims of crime, and to make the community a safer place to live, work and shop.
Class size is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Applicants with felony convictions or a significant criminal history will not be accepted.
For information or an application form, contact Community Relations Officer Jason McAmbley at jason.mcambley@bangormaine.gov, or call 947-7384, ext. 5737.
Development Day
BANGOR — The Bangor Area Chapter of IAAP will hold its sixth annual Administrative Professionals Development Day Friday, April 10, at the Cross Insurance Center.
Greg Creech of Techedutainment Services Inc. will present “Excelling at Excel: The Five Fs of Excel” and “Performance! The Five Ps to Administrative Success.”
Also giving a presentation will be Lindsay Collins of St. Joseph Healthcare, who will speak on “Intergenerational Communications.”
Attendees will enjoy morning snacks, a luncheon, networking, gift bags and door prizes. Advance registration is required. The cost is $35 members, $40 others.
Information and registration materials are available at iaap‐bangorarea.org or by calling Nancy Marks at 907‐5857.
Event sponsors include Kennebec Behavioral Health, PHD Consulting and Rudman Winchell. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.
New staff member
BANGOR — Day’s Jewelers announced recently that Cheryl Worcester has joined the business as a sales associate at its Crossroads Plaza location.
Worcester Cheryl previously worked for 30 years at G.M. Pollack. She is a Diamond Council of America Certified Diamontologist. For information, go to daysjewelers.com.
Ice Cream for a Cause
BANGOR — Darling’s announced that its Ice Cream for a Cause will be on the road again Wednesday, April 1, weather permitting, through Dec. 1, and will start scheduling attendance at events in mid-March. For information about the Ice Cream for a Cause program, email Ice Cream Ambassdor Gary Bellefleur at gary.bellfleur@darlings.com or Ice Cream Coodinator Heather Van Dyne at heather.vandyne@darlings.com.
Debit card
OLD TOWN — Last fall, Maine Savings announced a five-year partnership with Black Bear Sports Properties to provide members with the Black Bear Debit Card. After only five months of the partnership, Maine Savings announced that it has issued its thousandth debit card.
For every purchase made with the Black Bear Debit Card, Maine Savings contributes 5 cents to the Black Bear Fund.
Each year of the five-year agreement, Maine Savings will donate a minimum of $10,000. Maine Savings set the minimum annual contribution at $10,000 to allow time for enough cards to be issued so that the 5-cent contributions would add up to a meaningful amount, according to a press release. But with 1,000 cards already issued, the contributions will likely exceed $10,000 in the first year.
Lisa Carter of the University of Maine’s Maine Bound program was issued the 1,000th Black Bear Debit Card. As a result, she received a University of Maine hockey jersey autographed by Jimmy Howard, four tickets to all ticketed sporting events next year, a $50 VISA gift card and a $25 gift card to the Family Dog restaurant in Orono.
For information, visit mainesavings.com or visit a Maine Savings branch.