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The Ark reopens as The Olive Branch Cafe with expanded menu

by Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer

The name’s new and the menu’s expanded, but it’s still entirely meat- and dairy-free. The Olive Branch Cafe, formerly The Ark, officially reopened Thursday in the former Pizza Hut on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Director Tony Cuffori said it closed several months last summer for a major renovation. Everything was painted, walls were added and […]

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The Buzz: Top Gun program gets closer to Lewiston-Auburn

by Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer

Efforts to bring Top Gun to Lewiston-Auburn got a boost last week. Don Gooding, executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, said some of the recent $390,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration’s 2015 Regional Innovation Strategies program will be used to continue the work to bring his center’s entrepreneurial program here. Top […]

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The Buzz: Hot rumors, a closing and the nominees are . . .

by Kathryn Skelton and Lindsay Tice, Staff Writers

One closing, one “dynamic” retirement, hot rumors about Saddleback Mountain — it’s been a busy week. First up, get ready to think long and hard: After gathering names in January, Young Professionals of the Lewiston Auburn Area has unveiled the list of nominees for its first 40 under 40 awards recognizing local professionals. There are […]

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Controlled Chaos Curl Creme survives the ‘Shark Tank’

by Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer

The sharks took the curly bait. Controlled Chaos Curl Creme snagged three funding offers last Friday when Alanna York pitched it on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” The week since for her and business partner Erica Gray, a Winthrop native, has been, well, chaotic. “Absolutely crazy,” Gray said Thursday. “We have orders coming in left and right. […]

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