History of Chamber Award Winners 1988 Business Leader Bill Johnson Geiger – Ron Frizzell Athena – Pauline Beale 1989 Business Leader – David MacMahon Athena – Bonnie Adams Geiger – Ralph Tuttle 1990 Business Leader – Tom Auger Geiger – Gary Adams 1991 Business Leader – Doug Boyd Public Service – Phil St. Pierre Geiger […]

How the property-casualty insurance industry supports state and local government and the Maine economy The insurance industry is a major investor in Maine’s economic and community development. Employment and income: Property-casualty insurers directly employed over 1,300 people in Maine in 2008. This employment brought $82.2 million of payroll income into the state and local economies […]

 The bullets below are all based on an average using 2006 to 2008 data * 351,100 volunteers * 32.8% of residents volunteer – ranking them 15th among the 50 states and Washington, DC * 48.5 million hours of service * 45.3 hours per resident – ranking them 7th among the 50 states and Washington, DC […]

To exhibit outstanding leadership in agencies and organizations that provide community services is not a small task these days due to economic difficulties that have affected not only the providers of such services, but also the recipients of those services. The Chamber gratefully acknowledges two exemplary leaders who have managed to maintain, and even increase, […]

 What skills does an actress use in the profession? “My sense of humor, my curiosity and my idealism,” said Janet Mitchko, who in addition to being the associate artistic director for The Public Theatre in Lewiston, is also a professional actress. Mitchko knew as a youngster in elementary school that she wanted to be a […]

2010 Chamber awards and winners: Celebrating excellence: Chamber awards honor community leaders Annually, the Chamber honors a number of organizations and individuals for their significant contributions to our communities. This year’s awards will be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting at the Ramada Conference Center on Thursday, January 28. The Chamber is pleased to recognize […]

 Recently students in the Lewiston Regional Technical Center Trades Career Cluster program completed a wheel chair ramp and porch for a disabled veteran from Lewiston. Among the group of a dozen or so students are just two young women, both of whom have high career aspirations. Jessica Denis, 16, from Lewiston, is a junior at […]

Life insurance is a practical way to protect your family’s financial hopes and dreams. The death of a family member can be devastating to survivors both emotionally and financially. Life insurance can provide cash to help with your family’s immediate and long-term needs. Immediate needs include funeral expenses, unpaid medical bills and taxes. Long-term needs […]

Soon her younger siblings, a brother eight years her junior, along with a sister 10 years younger than Gay, joined her and for the next two-and-a-half years became her sole responsibility as their parents remained in their native land under the communist regime. When questioned about why her affluent parents did not help financially, Gay […]

History of Chamber Award Winners 1988 Business Leader Bill Johnson Geiger – Ron Frizzell Athena – Pauline Beale 1989 Business Leader – David MacMahon Athena – Bonnie Adams Geiger – Ralph Tuttle 1990 Business Leader – Tom Auger Geiger – Gary Adams 1991 Business Leader – Doug Boyd Public Service – Phil St. Pierre Geiger […]