AUBURN — In November, the Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Breakfast Club made its annual donation to the United Methodist Church of Auburn. Pastor Steve Bascom and Jan Wilkinson attended the Rotary weekly meeting to receive a $2,000 check dedicated to the church’s Thanksgiving basket program. The UMC provides Thanksgiving meals for the neediest of families in the […]
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Bangor Savings Bank donates to Avesta Housing senior project
BANGOR — A new fund established to give more Maine seniors access to safe, clean, affordable housing has received a gift of $50,000 from Bangor Savings Bank with a pledge for $100,000 in the next two years. Avesta Housing recently announced the creation of The Silver Hearth Fund. Avesta will receive the Bangor Savings funding […]
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Chamber hosts daylong Cannibis Conundrum workshop
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is hosting the daylong workshop Cannibis Conundrum: Marijuana in the Workplace on Dec. 10. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch. With recent changes to legislation in Maine, cannabis product usage in the workplace is a […]
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Camden National Bank receives Maine SBA award
CAMDEN — Camden National Bank has received the 2019 District Director Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Maine District Office. SBA leadership in Maine determines the award recipient, a lender which has made significant efforts to increase the use of SBA loans in their portfolio and the access to capital for small businesses in […]
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Fontaine Family hires Anna Waldman
AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Anna Waldman to the team at its Auburn location. Waldman grew up in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth Academy in 1976. She attended Southern Maine Community College, graduating in 1984 with a degree in respiratory care. To further enhance her career, she attended the […]
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Chamber offers Business Before Hours Nov. 22
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Chamber of Commerce will hold its Business Before Hours at the Kora Temple at 11 Sabattus St. on Friday, Nov. 22 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. It’s the networking, food and fun of the regularly scheduled Business After Hours, but in the morning. Chamber members can come and enjoy […]
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Franklin Savings Bank donates funds for new ski team bibs
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Area Ski Team will soar downhill this year in new bibs purchased by Franklin Savings Bank. The team had been using bibs that were more than 20 years old. The bank donated $3,000 for new ones. The team is for students in grades four to eight. The new bibs will be […]
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Jeff Smith joins Trinity Jubilee Center board of directors
LEWISTON — Jeff Smith of Androscoggin Bank has joined the board of directors of the Trinity Jubilee Center. The center is a nonprofit organization serving hungry, homeless, elderly, unemployed and disabled Lewiston-Auburn residents. Trinity offers hot meals, groceries and diapers, a medical clinic, help with resume-writing and job applications, and toiletries and winter coats to […]
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Lewiston Municipal Federal Credit Union celebrates 75 years
LEWISTON — Lewiston Municipal Federal Credit Union celebrated 75 years of service to the Lewiston-Auburn community and the employees of the cities and their families on Oct. 14. The credit union was organized and established as a not-for-profit cooperative on Oct. 14, 1944, by Jean Charles Boucher, Julian Desbaies, Adrien Anctil, Lucien Lebel, Albert Langelier, […]
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Norway Savings Bank donates to hawk statue project
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank donated $5,000 to Friends of Deering Oaks for its effort to install a sculpture honoring a special great black hawk. Last year, a lone juvenile Great Black Hawk, native to South America, traveled thousands of miles to settle in Deering Oaks Park in Portland. It was the first time such […]