Instead it got more than 40,000. Today, the health insurance co-op has over 72,000 members, operates in two states and is considered one of the most successful insurance co-ops in the country. And it did it by being different: Offering free care to people with chronic disease, providing case management and free or low-cost mental […]
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EL grad turned ALS researcher speaks at Lewiston forum
LEWISTON — Brett Morrison’s love of science started in the 1980s, when he was a student at Edward Little High School in Auburn. It’s a passion that served him well through college, through medical school, through residency and fellowship and a faculty position at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore. It’s a passion he’s brought […]
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Great Falls Forum to present Native American stories
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum will take place Friday, March 20, with a presentation on Wabanaki history. John Bear Mitchell will present “Maine Indians, Wabanaki Peoples — our Past and Present Stories.” The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Mitchell is Wabanaki Center Outreach and […]
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Local new business owners: Advice from the trenches
LEWISTON — They came from different backgrounds and business inspirations but they came together Friday to share with an audience some early take-aways. To grow a business be nice, hire smart. Expect challenges. Think running out of toilet paper in the staff bathroom. Or, adding 800 pounds of coconut to the wrong 8,000-gallon vat of […]
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Entrepreneurs focus of Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Friday, Feb. 27, will feature a panel discussion titled, “Getting Down to Business: Insights from Local Entrepreneurs.” The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. The panel will include a diverse group of Lewiston-Auburn businesspeople, sharing their stories […]
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Forum focuses on tax reform and LePage budget plan
LEWISTON — The chief architect of a state tax reform plan that was rejected by the Legislature in 2013 said Friday that he sees hope on the horizon for a Gov. Paul LePage budget proposal that includes similar reforms. Former state Sen. Dick Woodbury, a Yarmouth independent, said LePage’s 2016-17 state budget proposal, currently being […]
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Maine tax system is topic of Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum will be held Friday, Jan. 16, with economist and former Maine state Sen. Dick Woodbury speaking on “The Policy and Politics of Reforming Maine’s Tax System.” The lecture will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Woodbury recently served five terms […]
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Forum speaker to talk about election results and what they mean
LEWISTON — Results of the recent election and what they mean will be the topic at the Great Falls Forum at noon Friday, Nov. 21, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Bates College Associate Professor of Politics John Baughman will speaking on “The 2014 Election: What did we Learn and What Can We […]
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Watchdogs aim to hold government accountable
LEWISTON — John Christie and Naomi Schalit figure too many people mistake price for value, skepticism for cynicism and wind for substance. It skews the news, the husband-and-wife team says. So, almost five years ago, they founded the nonprofit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. With funding from foundations and small private donations, the longtime […]