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2010 Award Winners

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 […]

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Non-traditional employment opportunities

 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 […]

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Life insurance: It’s for the people who live

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 […]

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Jennifer Gay, Paradise Salon

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 […]

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Past Chambers Winners

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 […]

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Exemplary leadership awards for two deserving directors

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, […]

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Annual Chamber Awards co-sponsors value community involvement

 Oxford Networks is proud to co-sponsor the Annual Chamber Awards. As a locally owned and operated company, Oxford Networks understands the importance of recognizing the achievements of area businesses. Their contributions to their employees, customers, and the community are the hallmark of what makes this region great. Oxford Networks is one of Maine’s leading local […]

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2010 Award Winners

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 […]

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Non-traditional employment opportunities

 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 […]

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Entrepreneurs: Business plan roadmap

 Deb Morang’s entrepreneurial journey follows a roadmap of stops, starts, detours, information areas, and an occasional scenic overview. In 2004, when GH Bass shut down in Wilton, Morang traveled to the Wilton CareerCenter and first learned about Women, Work & Community. Women, Work, and Community offers both one-on-one assistance and classes in four program areas […]