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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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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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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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 […]