The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced fiscal year  2017 lending numbers showing increasing loan levels in small business lending through the 7(a) and 504 loan programs, as well as increases in lending to women, veterans, and emerging  communities. 

Saturday, Oct. 14 will mark the fifth anniversary of The Good Supply, a housewares and gift store in Pemaquid that represents 90 Maine makers. The public is invited to join staff and artists at a day-long event to be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 at The Good Supply’s post-and-beam storefront, located at 2106 Bristol Road, Pemaquid (Bristol).

Red’s Eats, the iconic seafood shack in Wiscasset, has been owned and operated by the Gagnon family for 40 years. Wikipedia describes Red’s Eats as “one of the most well-known and most written about restaurants in the state” of Maine. Travel + Leisure Magazine listed Red’s Eats as one of the Top 10 Seafood Shacks in Maine.

The Camden National Corp. Board of Directors elected Lawrence “Larry” J. Sterrs to succeed Karen Stanley as chair of the company and Camden National Bank effective Sept. 17. Stanley, who joined the Camden National Corp. Board of Directors in 2008 and became chair in 2010, retired from the board on Sept. 17. John Holmes, who has served on the board since 1988, retired on Sept. 15 after 29 devoted years.

On Aug. 29, Mid-Coast Energy Systems was among 140 other businesses to set up a booth for the Hire-a-Vet campaign in the Augusta Armory. The state-sponsored program is under the direction of the Maine Department of Labor. Its goal is to result in the hiring of 100 Maine veterans to be hired within one 100 days.