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Booting up: L.L.Bean bringing 100 more jobs to town

LEWISTON — A seemingly insatiable demand for Bean boots is bringing 100 jobs to town. L.L.Bean has signed a 20-year lease to leave its current production facilities on Westminster Street this spring and move down the road to the 110,000-square-foot former VIP warehouse, doubling its size and growing to 140 employees by year’s end. Spokeswoman […]

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Maine & The Holidays: The Quiz

Think you know Christmas in Maine? Put down the egg nog and take a crack at our Maine & The Holidays Quiz. (You just may earn a reputation among all your family and friends gathered for the holidays . . . er, a better reputation.)  We guarantee lights, song and boatloads of trees. Also dogs […]

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Growing with the Flow

Young Maine company with Lewiston connections scores L.L.Bean contract, sees sales grow SCARBOROUGH — In one wing of a small, nondescript business park here, six millenials and three office dogs are having the sort of year a young company dreams about. Since October 2015, Flowfold has doubled its staff, raised $200,000 to inject into the […]

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Bean boot demand spurs Lewiston hiring

LEWISTON — L.L.Bean has hired a dozen new workers for its Lewiston production facility as the iconic Maine brand gears up to sell more than 600,000 pairs of Bean boots this year. Spokesman Mac McKeever said that brings employment there up to 40 people “and we expect to hire even more folks in 2017.” The […]

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Cemetery access dispute pits family against L.L.Bean

FREEPORT — L.L.Bean may be allowed to continue restricting access to a cemetery behind its Outdoor Discovery Center against the wishes of relatives of those who are buried there. The Project Review Board has scheduled a public hearing Sept. 13 to discuss whether L.L.Bean was allowed to plant over the cemetery access road when the company […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: One of those squirrely weeks

It’s the kind of week where you find a squirrel in your car, very belatedly celebrate Christmas, drive to Goodwill, kick yourself for not driving there sooner and celebrate. Well, in all fairness, around here we always find a reason to celebrate. Let’s get to it! Happy something to me! Bag Lady recently celebrated a milestone […]

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Louise M. ‘Weze’ Krise

1959 – 2016 BRUNSWICK — Louise M. “Weze” Krise, 56, of Lewiston passed away after a brief illness Saturday, May 28, at Mid Coast Hospital. Louise was born Oct. 23, 1959, in Hartford, Conn., daughter of the late Aylene Krise. Louise enjoyed spending time with her grandbabies, feline fur babies, cooking and handcrafts, and she […]

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New Gloucester gets grant for fairgrounds

NEW GLOUCESTER — Grants to pay for improvements to the New Gloucester Fairgrounds and renovate the town library were among topics at Monday night’s selectmen meeting. The town was recently awarded $55,000 through a land and water conservation grant from the state to improve the 31-acre former trotters park. The property is off on Bald […]

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Joan Irene Gagne

1934 – 2015 AUBURN — Joan Irene Gagnon Gagne, 81, of Auburn passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, following a long illness. The daughter of Henri and Rose Marie Leblond, she was born on Jan. 24, 1934, and was a lifelong resident of Auburn. She was a member of St. Louis Parish and attended St. […]