CEO’s firing is latest turmoil at an eastern Maine service agency

CEO’s firing is latest turmoil at an eastern Maine service agency

An agency that provides far-reaching public services for vulnerable people in Hancock and Washington counties is navigating turmoil that its recently fired CEO said threatens its stability. Downeast Community Partners, the region’s community action agency, has faced multiple years of financial difficulties and recently gave up the administration of its biggest program — the federally funded Head Start program for children — to another agency. It…