AUBURN — Alan Hahnel has 140 employees at Hahnel Bros. and if he could hire 15 to 20 more tomorrow for his roofing company, he would. It’s just not that easy. Not too long ago, he hired a man who passed the employment physical and then sat through safety training. “The first day on the […]
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The Buzz: Mac's closes the kitchen for reno; Agora says there's room at the crypt
This week, The Buzz is chilling in a coffin, driving a Zamboni and getting ready to shovel out. The threat of a foot-plus of snow triggered a rare cancellation of Thursday’s regular Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast. President Beckie Conrad said the topic will be rescheduled — Barbara Schneider was due to talk […]
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Chamber announces support for Lewiston-Auburn merger
LEWISTON — After polling members and talking internally for months, the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday decided to support the two cities’ merger referendum “to move our region forward.” “No matter how hard each of us has worked, and no matter how committed we are to change, the fact is we have […]
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The Buzz: Companies doing good and Lewiston's award-winning sidewalks
This week The Buzz is gratified for so many reasons, among them: Local companies kindly came together to give a dying man his last wish. Also, there’s such a thing as an award for excellence in concrete — and Lewiston has won it. President Beckie Conrad shared the story of the man, Erik Zinn of […]
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Twin City entrepreneurs: Start thinking Top Gun L-A 2018
AUBURN — The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development is looking for the next batch of 12 to 15 local start-ups for its Top Gun program, and it’s looking for a new name. With the movie “Top Gun 2” in production, “we don’t want Tom Cruise to get mad at us,” joked Executive Director Tom Rainey. […]
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The Buzz: Labadie’s whoopie pies is a hit with Boston Magazine and tourists
This week the Buzz is going on a lobster boat, vicariously, with a fellow named David and eating a Lewiston-made whoopie pie after. Labadie’s Bakery’s whoopie pies were featured in Boston Magazine’s August issue, in an article on 43 things to eat on your New England road trip. (It’s number 33.) Owner Fabien Labadie, who […]
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Kristi Dunham: ‘Keep smiling’
Kristi Dunham Chamber President Beckie Conrad announced at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday that the Hilton Garden Inn’s Kristi Dunham was one of five people chosen for a monthly hospitality award out of the Hilton’s 220,000 worldwide employees. Dunham, who lives in Lisbon and is the hotel’s event coordinating manager, […]
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Earth Day shared with furry friends in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Cold, drizzling rain and a light, bitter breeze didn’t discourage Carla Kingston and her cat, Sassy, from enjoying a milelong walk down the streets of Rangeley on Saturday — especially since Sassy was warm and dry in her stroller. Kingston and Sassy were joined by approximately to 50 other walkers and their pets to […]
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Former chamber president creates company matching veterans with businesses
AUBURN — Several weeks ago, Matt Leonard took a call from a newly retired colonel who’d moved to Maine because he and his wife had vacationed here and loved the state. He had 30 years in the Air Force, three master’s degrees and zero job prospects — he’d applied, but no one was calling him back. […]
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Lewiston-Auburn chamber starts search for new president
UPDATED 10:18 AM LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is looking for its next president. In an email to chamber members Tuesday, board Chairwoman Stephanie Gelinas announced the board has started its search for a new leader. The search comes about three weeks after the board accepted the resignation of Matt Leonard, […]