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Richard Roberts Jr.

PORTLAND — Richard Roberts Jr., 78, of Dixfield, died Monday, Jan. 8, at Maine Medical Center in Portland due to injuries sustained in a fire at his home in December. He was born in New York on May 9, 1939, the son of Richard R. and Mary Elizabeth Bever Roberts and attended New London, Conn., schools […]

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Slash business tax rate

As a small business owner, I know that the middle class, which makes up the majority of small business owners and their employees, has taken the brunt of the damage the economy suffered during the Obama years. We have borne the burden. Most politicians, pundits and lay folks use the words “business owner” to imply […]

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Chamber to host monthly program

LEWISTON — The Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce will host Chamber Mastermind — A New Monthly Program for Small Business, beginning  Tuesday, Feb. 18. It will continue on the third Tuesday of every month, except July, from 5 to 7 p.m. It will start with an informal, half-hour of networking, to be followed by a […]

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Affordable Care Act topic for breakfast forum

LEWISTON — The Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Maine Health Access Foundation, will sponsor a breakfast forum Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. The forum topic is The Affordable Care Act: What’s in it for my small business.” It will be held from 7 to 9:30 […]