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Daniel Kagan honored for service

LEWISTON —Daniel Kagan, an attorney with Berman & Simmons in Lewiston, has been honored with a certificate of recognition for 2019 by the American Association for Justice. Kagan, a governor of AAJ, was honored for his outstanding service to the organization. Just 10 of the organization’s 56,000 members received that distinction. Attorney Kagan has served […]

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Joel Speakman gains recognition

SOUTH PARIS — Joel Speakman of the financial services firm Edward Jones in South Paris recently won the firm’s Jack Phelan Award for his exceptional achievement in building client relationships. Speakman was one of 1,035 of the firm’s more than 18,000 financial advisers to receive the award. The award is named after Jack Phelan, who, […]

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Lewiston Auburn Chamber breakfast set for July 11

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast and talk titled “The Silver Tsunami” on Thursday, July 11. It will be held from 6:45 to 9 a.m. at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham, 490 Pleasant St. John Rice, director of operations at Schooner Estates Senior Living Community […]

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Skelton, Beaudin become members of ElderCounsel

AUBURN — Attorneys William Skelton and Darcie Beaudin of Skelton, Taintor & Abbott of Auburn have become members of ElderCounsel, a national organization of elder law and special needs planning attorneys. Founded by several of the country’s most renowned elder law and special needs planning attorneys, ElderCounsel provides its members with continuing legal education on planning for […]

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Lewiston businesses support PB&J drive

LEWISTON — Downtown Lewiston businesses recently collected more than 200 jars of peanut butter and jelly during the 8th annual Bangor Savings Bank Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive. Employees from Rinck Advertising partnered with Berman & Simmons, Healthy Androscoggin and The Vault to contribute 236 jars of peanut butter and jelly to the bank’s Lisbon […]

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Jordan Payne Hay to lead workshop

AUBURN — Jordan Payne Hay, an attorney with Skelton Taintor & Abbott, will lead a medical leave and sick leave HR workshop on Wednesday, June 26, in Brunswick. She will discuss issues related to family medical leave, Maine sick leave, and disability accommodation. Hay’s practice areas include employment litigation, civil rights litigation, employment law, counseling […]

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Welding training offered in July

LEWISTON — Western Maine Community Action at the CareerCenter in Lewiston and Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education are offering another opportunity for welding training with Bancroft Contracting Corp. in South Paris. The customized professional welding program offers 72 hours of hands-on welding instruction and safety training, held at Bancroft, plus 20 hours of classroom time for […]