Even investing masters have a few regrets along the way. For instance, "the Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett has famously said he regrets buying Dexter Shoe…
Amid the pandemic, when many universities were struggling with how to do remote classes, Husson University was opening its signature College of Business building.
Harold Alfond Hall, as the building is known, was built at a cost of $17.5 million, $4 million of which was supplied by the Harold Alfond Foundation.
We have Harold Alfond to thank but also Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway bought Alfond’s Dexter Shoe Co. for $433 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock. The Alfond name is on many schools and universities in Maine.
By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff
There’s a new guitar-playing rabbi in the Queen City.
Rabbi Sam Weiss, 31, took over the spiritual leadership of Congregation Beth El, the Reform synagogue on French Street in Bangor, on July 1.