AUBURN — Rene Cloutier never pawned a thing before he became a pawnbroker. The businessman from Turner spent more than 20 years operating Ace Custom Homes and grew weary of the physical toll and the need for reliable help. “It was wearing me down,” Cloutier said. “It was getting to be too much.” So he […]
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Working: Colby Michaud emerging as music maker in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Colby Michaud’s first professional composition was a piano tune meant to be nonabrasive, classy and unnoticed. It was vanilla, but it did its job. The music accompanied an online video for a local real estate agent, giving a polish to the minute-long movie that also featured the home seller’s dog. “I was pretty happy […]
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Working: Videotronics owner make a niche in digital age
LEWISTON — Chris Miller knew the woman on the phone. “Press the up arrow,” Miller said, hunched over a desk in the back room of Videotronics. “I don’t think you’ve pressed the up key. Do you know which one I mean?” There was no frustration in his voice. No fuss. The burly, 42-year-old Greene man […]
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Martel Elementary custodian cares for school and the children in it
LEWISTON — For almost three years, Mark McBride grew accustomed to sweeping the halls and washing the floors at 880 Lisbon St. without interruption. On rare evenings, the daytime inhabitants of the aging, three-story building would appear, but typically, his day started when they left. Then, the daytime custodian was hurt and left the job. […]