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Movers & Shakers: Buckman USA chooses Michaud for internship
Feb. 1 edition - MADAWASKA - University of Maine at Fort Kent biology major Devin Michaud has begun training at Twin Rivers Paper Company under an internship made available through Buckman USA, a...

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Owners Gary and Grace Theriault examine a gold ring at their new pawn shop.
- SJVT photo / Don Eno

Registered pawnbrokers open shop
Jan. 18 edition - VAN BUREN - "We wanted something different. Not the typical pawn shop," Grace Theriault said while standing among guitars and amplifiers, jewelry, sports cards, handguns and a p...

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Valley Dems host small business forum
Jan. 11 edition - Rep. Charles “Ken” Theriault, D-Madawaska, seen above at left, invited small business owners to a two-hour public forum at the Senior Center in Madawaska last Friday to gather f...

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Sheila Cannon steps in as new FK chamber director
Jan. 4 edition - FORT KENT - The Greater Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce has welcomed its second executive director on board this year. Sheila Cannon of Van Buren, has taken over the position from ...

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Ian Bourgoin stands with his new taxi, which offers service every day of the week.
- SJVT photo / Tory Bonenfant

‘Taxi!’: Ian Bourgoin opens Valley Cab Company
Dec. 28 edition - MADAWASKA - Ian Bourgoin, 25, will probably be up all night this New Year’s Eve. But while others are out celebrating, Bourgoin will usher in the incoming year in a nontraditiona...

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Several customers approach the checkout, above, where a volunteer helps owner Phyllis Levesque during her first weeks of business.
- SJVT photo / Don Eno

Business is brisk at new Madawaska consignment shop
Nov. 30 edition - MADAWASKA - For years Phyllis Levesque had been a familiar face at the Madawaska food pantry, where she would coordinate the selling of secondhand goods on the side as a way to r...

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Danny and Mary Landry share a chuckle over building supplies as the interior of their former truck garage in St. Francis undergoes renovations into a new store.
- SJVT photo / Don Eno

Landrys create Store on Sugar Shack Road
Oct. 5 edition - ST. FRANCIS - When her husband Danny was unable to drive his truck anymore due to injuries, Mary Landry asked him, "What will we do with the rest of your life?" The answer they ...

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