Exhibit 99.1

                     Stanley Joins Camden National
                    Corporation Board of Directors


    CAMDEN, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2007--Rendle A. Jones,
Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors for Camden National
Corporation (CNC), announced that Karen W. Stanley has been named to
the board of directors of Camden National Corporation to coincide with
the previously announced acquisition of Union Bankshares Company,
which is expected to close in early January 2008 pending regulatory
approval.

    "We are extremely pleased to add Karen to Camden National's
board," said Mr. Jones. "As a current director of the Union Trust
Company and a veteran corporate leader, she brings to our board a
wealth of expertise and experience in banking and business development
as well as strong community involvement in the area of healthcare in
Downeast Maine."

    Ms. Stanley commented, "I have a high regard for the dedication
and service Camden National delivers to its customers and its
communities. This is an exciting opportunity for me, and I look
forward to working with Camden National's directors and officers."

    In 1999, Ms. Stanley and her husband established Stanley Subaru in
Ellsworth, Maine. Previously, Ms. Stanley served with Priority
Management, an international training and development firm, first as
an independent associate and later as a member of the senior
management team with their international headquarters. Prior to that,
she served as Vice President, Personal Banking for Overseas Executives
with Citibank N.A. Ms. Stanley began her career in sales with the
Xerox Corporation.

    Recognized with the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce's 2004
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award in 2004, Ms. Stanley has been
involved in a number of community and civic organizations. Ms. Stanley
is the past board chair of Hospice of Hancock County and Hospice
Regatta of Maine. She is currently serving on the Hancock County
Committee of the Maine Community Foundation and is the Board Chair of
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital.

    Ms. Stanley lives with her family in Castine.

    Camden National Corporation, a 2006 Best Places to Work in Maine
company headquartered in Camden, Maine, and listed on the American
Stock Exchange under the symbol CAC, is the holding company for a
family of two financial services companies, including: Camden National
Bank (CNB), a full-service community bank with 27 banking offices
serving coastal, western, central and eastern Maine, and recipient of
the Governor's Award for Business Excellence in 2002, and Acadia
Trust, N.A., offering investment management and fiduciary services
with offices in Portland and Bangor. Acadia Financial Consultants is a
division of CNB, offering full-service brokerage services. As
previously announced, Camden National Corporation has entered in an
Agreement and Plan of Merger with Union Bankshares Company, pursuant
to which Union Bankshares will merge with and into Camden National.


    CONTACT: Camden National Corporation
             Public Relations Officer
             Suzanne Brightbill, 207-230-2120