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Argo sold; Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque plans new venture

LEWISTON — Fifteen years after starting the company from a laptop on his couch, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque announced Tuesday that he has sold Argo Contact Centers to Georgia-based ITC Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. Levesque said Argo’s 300 jobs, including about 200 in Lewiston, will stay here and that selling was best for […]

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Melvin Ryder-Barry

AUBURN — Melvin Ryder-Barry, 28, died Monday, Oct. 9, encircled by his family at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. He died from complications of Crohn’s disease, which he suffered from since childhood. Melvin was adopted March 9, 2005, by Jean Marie Devos Barry and Dr. John Patrick Barry of Bangor. He was born as Melvin […]

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Merchants call for better Lisbon Street snow removal

LEWISTON — Downtown merchants and residents pushed the City Council on Tuesday to do a better job of clearing snow along the increasingly busy upper Lisbon Street. “When snowbanks get higher, we need to find ways to let people get over the snowbanks,” said Rainbow Bicycle owner John Grenier. “We’ve all seen people in dress […]

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Federal judge rules on motion in Argo suit

A federal judge ruled that former and current workers at a Lewiston-based call center can join a lawsuit filed by several former employees claiming they are owed overtime pay. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. ruled that both customer service representatives and sales personnel from all three Argo locations in Maine can be […]

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Lewiston landlord seeks back rent from call center owner

AUBURN — A company created by a Twin Cities quasi-municipal economic development group is seeking to attach the assets of a local marketing company, claiming it owes rent on a Lisbon Street office in Lewiston. At a Thursday hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court, Justice MaryGay Kennedy heard arguments by both sides on a motion […]

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Animal Tales: Water world at Argo

LEWISTON — It has all the elements of a good soap opera: Intrigue. Murder. Memorable characters. The fact those characters are tropical fish doesn’t put off anyone. “There’s a lot of action. You know what? Everybody likes the action,” said Jason Levesque, CEO of Argo Marketing. “Everybody comes in here and they watch the fish.”  […]