LEWISTON — It was 2011 and the area hadn’t had a home show in a few years. Travis Dow had plenty of local business contacts and they wanted to see one happen. So Dow said, why not? “It was a huge undertaking,” said Dow, 36. “I worked to midnight, emailing people and calling. I’d never […]
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Misty Parker: Helping grow ‘a place people really love’
LEWISTON — In 2011, while working as a town planner in Wiscasset, Misty Parker organized a conference in the Bates Mill complex for the Maine Association of Planners. “That experience really stuck in my head because everyone was just so welcoming, so excited about the work that was happening in their city and just met […]
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40 Under 40: Leading the way in L-A
They’re creative, they’re entrepreneurial. They’re teachers, they’re leaders and they are all calling here home. The new class of Uplift LA’s 40 Under 40 honorees includes a diverse group of local professionals all being honored at a dinner at the Agora Grand Event Center this Friday, June 9. Today, we introduce you to 10 of them, […]
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Alexandra Hood: Painting and progress
LEWISTON — Alexandra Hood is regularly mistaken for a Bates College student, and OK with that. The 23-year-old artist and Lewiston native has been Olin Arts Center’s operations supervisor for almost two years. “One student actually came in — he takes out keys for one studio a lot — and he said to me, ‘Man, […]
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Christine Laliberte: Bringing the beauty
GREENE — A year ago, Christine Laliberte had eight employees at The Beauty Bar. Today, she’s up to 21 and considering an expansion. It’s been quite a year. Laliberte, 39, opened her first salon, what would eventually become The Beauty Bar, in 2009. “I always liked playing around as a child with different colors and hair […]
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Megan Skilling: Auburn’s Zumba queen
AUBURN — Back in April 2011, Megan Skilling wanted to lose weight and signed up for a Zumba class. By September, she was an instructor. She ended up losing 140 pounds. Flash-forward six years and these days Skilling teaches Zumba six days a week, on top of her full-time job. “I sang in high school, […]
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Megan Guynes: Called to be here
LEWISTON — Megan Guynes grew up in Los Angeles. After a visit to Bates College as a teen, she felt like she belonged here. “I was in a program in my high school that was really geared toward getting students outside California if they choose to leave,” said Guynes, 27. “I came up to Bates […]
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Adam Lee: Serving and running
AUBURN — Adam Lee is running for something this fall. In the meantime, he’s just plain running, a 5K at a time. Lee, 37, an attorney at Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette, LLP, lives now in Auburn but grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Houston, Texas. “My dad’s from Madawaska and most of his […]
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Julia Harper: Loving downtown and growing
LEWISTON — On their second date, Julia Harper dropped a bomb on Craig Saddlemire: She’d bought a one-way ticket to India. “He was like, ‘OK . . .,’” Harper, 32, said. Back in 2012, she’d made a decision to make a change. Harper grew up in Lisbon, graduated from high school at St. Dominic Academy […]
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Matthew Poulin: Loan man, coach, student
LEWISTON — Matthew Poulin has packed a whole lot into three post-high-school years. He’s a coach. He’s a college student. He’s a loan officer, and has been since age 18. “One of the biggest advantages that I’ve had, I look a little older than I am,” said Poulin, 20. “I enjoy working with people one-on-one […]