Greetings friends, The annual awards program of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce is the largest single celebration of excellence in our communities. The event is a total sellout – with Chamber members and others joining to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of award winners. 2010 marks The Chamber’s 122nd annual meeting and there will be […]

2010 Awards/winners & presenters Lisbon Business Award to Downeast Energy Presenter: Iman Poertaamadja of Burgess Computer Poland Business Award to Poland Spring Bottling Company Presenter: Doug DiVello of CMMC Business Leadership (larger company) to Nason Mechanical Systems Presenter: John Carroll of CMP Business Leadership Award (larger company) to Auburn Manufacturing Presenter: Craig Gunderson of Oxford […]

EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I am very concerned about the amount of chlorine in my tap water. I called my water company and they said it is safe just let the tap run for awhile to rid the smell of the chlorine. But that just gets rid of the […]

Greetings friends, The annual awards program of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce is the largest single celebration of excellence in our communities. The event is a total sellout – with Chamber members and others joining to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of award winners. 2010 marks The Chamber’s 122nd annual meeting and there will be […]

 The Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce is a one-stop shop for help maneuvering through challenging economic conditions, for growing your business and operating as efficiently as possible. Chamber President Chip Morrison said, “our slogan is, ‘We succeed when [our] members succeed.’ That’s never been more relevant than it is right now.” With a membership base […]

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 […]