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Leadership change
at Maine Children's
Home after 23 years
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i b e r
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ecently, a woman in her 40s
approached Maine Children's Home
for Little Wanderers' outgoing executive
director, Sharon Abrams, to congratu-
late her on her imminent retirement.
Abrams stepped down after 23 years as
director and 41 years with the nonprofi t.
" e woman said, 'You probably
don't remember me.' And in about
fi ve seconds, Sharon said her name
and that she was from Palmyra and
remembered all these details about her
from 27 years ago," recounts Richard
Dorian, the nonprofi t organization's
new executive director.
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Greensward Hamlet cohousing
community tops our list of Maine's
latest and largest green buildings.
16 Waterville collaboration
A Massachusetts
IT firm plans to
create 200 jobs in
Waterville and
establish ties with
area colleges.
18 Mighty big digestion system
Two Maine firms
are using anaerobic
digesters to convert
food waste into
clean energy.
21 Help for entrepreneurs
HealthTech Maine,
led by Darrell
Williams, is helping
health technology
entrepreneurs get
federal grants.
Looks like a better
year, but chronic
weaknesses need
to be addressed
S TA R T I N G O N P A G E 11
Æ J. Scott Moody
Æ Jonathan Reisman
Æ Amanda Rector
Æ Charles Lawton
Æ Garrett Martin
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January 11, 2016
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