V O L . X X V N O. X I
M AY 2 7 , 2 0 1 9 4
PUBLISHER
Donna Brassard
EDITOR
Peter Van Allen
DIGITAL EDITOR
James McCarthy
SENIOR EDITOR
Maureen Milliken
SENIOR WRITER
Renee Cordes
SENIOR WRITER
Laurie Schreiber
SENIOR ACCOUNT
MANAGERS
Ken Hanson,
Andrea Tetzlaff,
Betsy VanderPloeg
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR
Kelly Ansley
MARKETING/OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
Alison Nason
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Mark Jeanneret,
Jim Milliken
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Stephanie Meagher
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Heide Martin
ART DIRECTOR
Matt Selva
HOSPITALITY EMERITUS
Zoey
A division of
New England
Business
Media LLC
C E O
Peter Stanton
PRESIDENT
Joe Zwiebel
C F O / C O O
Mary Rogers
GROUP PUBLISHER
Donna Brassard
DIGITAL DIRECTOR
Jan Holder
C O N T E N T S
Betting on Bethel
A western Maine region
looks to diversify its
economy
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Turf battle
Auburn agriculture zone
changes divide city
22
News from around
Lewiston/Auburn
Buildings, Bates College,
buses and (edible) bugs
L E W I S T O N / A U B U R N & C E N T R A L M A I N E
F O C U S
R E G I O N A L T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 5-9 pm
Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland
J O I N U S !
I n p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h M E M I C
M A I N E FA M I LY
B U S I N E S S AWA R D S
2 0
t h
A N N I V E R S A R Y
www.fambusiness.org
Guest Speaker
Shawn Gorman,
Executive Chairman,
L.L.Bean
Meet Maine's business leaders, learn the
extraordinary stories of the award winners and
celebrate Maine's family-owned businesses!
Host
Cindy Williams
NEWS CENTER
Maine
Celebrating
25 years
P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
Auburn farmer Karen Bolduc
feeds some of her 100 laying
hens on her farm.
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Bethel hopes to see more
tourist traffic coming into
town in the off season.
