A crowd of family and friends bid farewell on December 8 to Diane McManus, a well-known local banker who was passionately involved in several L-A civic organizations, at a reception in her honor at Camden National Bank in Lewiston.

Most recently a regional vice president/senior market manager for Camden National Bank, she was responsible for market leadership and overseeing the bank’s small business development and commercial lending activities throughout Androscoggin County. During her career, McManus held several commercial lending and management positions with Northeast Bank, Development Concepts, Inc. and the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council.

Pictured with Diane are Camden National Bank executives (l. to r.) Greg Dufour, Tim Nightingale and Ward Graffam. (Photo by Debra Morin-Ouellette)

She was also very active in the Auburn Business Association and the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce. In 2004, McManus was honored with The Chamber’s Small Business Advocate Award. The morning after the celebration, she and her husband, Steve McManus, headed to Florida to enjoy her retirement. Pictured with Diane are Camden National Bank executives (l. to r.) Greg Dufour, Tim Nightingale and Ward Graffam. (Photo by Debra Morin-Ouellette) See more photos on page 2 of the Digital Edition.