
Dispatching a vehicle called the Freakster throughout Maine is certainly a highlight of agency activity this news cycle, but not the only one. Here’s all you need to know in a page.
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We are on a mission to educate teenagers about how to make healthy choices and understand the larger ramifications of their choices, with a new teen prevention website developed for the Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine. This multidisciplinary youth outreach campaign incorporates a destination website, statewide competitions, television commercials, grassroots intervention and social networking efforts to reach teenagers across the state of Maine.
view unleashyourc.com
view the television spot
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For years, the people of Kennebunk Savings have “friended” their local communities in exceptional ways. In the new ’08 Annual Report, the bank thanks its team for “Stepping Up” and giving over 5400 hours of volunteer time to area nonprofits. |
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CD&M Lands
WalkCT
We are very pleased to announce that we have been retained by a private coalition called WalkCT to develop a website that will host a searchable database of walking routes and active events throughout the state of Connecticut.
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Good News
Portland Launches
CD&M has taken it upon ourselves, working with Sam Surprise of Surprise Advertising, to begin letting people know that, in spite of the gloom and doom we hear every day, good things are happening in Greater Portland. For the latest good news, or to submit some good news of your own, visit Good News Portland. Let’s get this economy rolling again!
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The Great Outdoors. Now Even Greater.
A new law prohibits smoking in common areas in Maine’s state parks — meaning beaches, playgrounds, and snack bars. In our opinion, that made a good thing — the great Maine outdoors — even better. The campaign went online, in print, and on the radio. Just in time for tourist season. |
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The actor who played the bartender (who Tony Soprano beat with a telephone) at the Bada Bing club in The Sopranos appeared many years earlier in a commercial for a Portland company. What was the company?
E-mail answer to Beth Bolduc.
Be the envy of the conference room.
The first e-mail respondent with the correct answer wins this spiral-bound, professional journal with Bauhaus-inspired design, a textured cover finished in industrial silver and embossed with the sleek CD&M logo, and low-gloss lined paper to reduce eyestrain. Low-tech, but high style.
The answer to our last trivia question, “Portland had its own version of Black Beard the pirate. He made a fortune by deliberately causing sailing vessels to shipwreck on the outer islands of Portland Harbor. He would then kill any survivors and ransack the vessel. Who was he?” was Captain Keiff.
Congratulations to our winner, Jerry Hyland. |
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