Professional Services in Brunswick

Guidestone works to equip and empower children and families to reach their full potentials, driven by its faith-based vision of creating strong communities where future generations are self-reliant, educated, and fulfilled. Its programs—designed particularly to help children and families in need—help preserve family relationships and aim to reduce the need for future interventions by courts or social services. For instance, the MomsFirst program assists new mothers, including those currently in jail, living in shelters, or participating in rehab, with health and social-service needs such as parenting classes or birth control. Other programs include case management for children dealing with the local juvenile court.

With a spacious, state-of-the-art photo studio built on two acres of photogenic land, Christopher Norris Photographers is home to four expert photographers with more than 30 years of picture-taking experience each. Commemorate the visible love you share with your hand puppet, your family, or your infant cousins. Or record a new set of headshots to replace the ones you glued inside all the magazines in your local bookshop.

A soft focus surrounds the subjects in Love Photography's images, lending warmness to a close-up of a bride wearing her veil and dreaminess to a sultry couple posing together in a boudoir session. During these shoots, Love Photography’s team of photographers makes subjects feel at ease by scheduling complimentary consultations before the shutter even starts snapping. Like William Tell shooting an apple off his son’s head, the staff believes that practice makes perfect, and they’ve been practicing their photographic aim during weddings, family portrait sessions, and kids’ photo shoots since the studio opened in 1970.

The master florists at Cox Flowers expertly tuck complementary blossoms into bouquets and vases within their fragrant storefront. An array of bouquets expresses lively affection with assorted bundles of hot-pink spray roses, light-pink alstroemeria, and miniature carnations arranged in baskets or glass vases. Popular choices such as the Warm Thoughts arrangement, with its with pastel sprays of pink carnations, yellow and lavender daisies, and yellow gladioli, expresses sympathy that one’s previous flowers died. For birthdays, the Your Special Day's roses and hydrangeas form the shape of a cake, complete with hot-pink candles.

With spring spurting up from the ground like a hoard of ill-intentioned gophers and summer a menacing shadow on the horizon, numerous occasions will soon need judicious tackling. Warm weather brings with it birthdays, housewarmings, band camp, and heat exhaustion—all events best met with flowers and balloons. Choose from contemporary abstract stacks of sunflowers that terminate in a delicate lily or traditional rose- and carnation-laden arrangements. European hand-tied bouquets, ideal for over-the-shoulder tossing and subsequent ultraviolent manhandling at your next garden tea party, start at $25. Small arrangements also start at $25, while medium floral mélanges start at $40, and large blossom bursts go for $65 and up. Latex balloons are $1.99 each, whereas the shiny, decorated Mylar variety are $3.99.

The 1950s brought the space race and rock ‘n’ roll to the United States, and it was during this time that Bonelli Cement was founded by Michael Bonelli and his son William. Though many things have changed throughout the past 60 years—including the sky's gradual change from blue to burnt sienna—Bonelli Cement still remains in the Bonelli family, with staff members using techniques passed down from generation to generation. Its abundance of services includes concrete pouring, masonry, and excavation. With each job, the Bonellis invite their clients to provide input and ask questions, giving them one-on-one attention.:m]]