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An auto dealership in Skowhegan is coming out of a year of pandemic with a string of good news.
Hight Ford was recently recognized with two of Ford Motor Co. s top awards for the second straight year, and has also broken ground on a 3,000-square-foot specialty retail addition at its 250 Madison Ave. location in Skowhegan.
The company was started by Walter Hight in 1911 and now, besides Hight Ford, the dealership family owns Hight Chevrolet Buick GMC, in Skowhegan; Hight Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, in Madison; and Hight Chevrolet Buick GMC, in Farmington. The company employs about 100 across the four locations.
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Hight Ford and Hight Family of Dealerships was awarded the 2020 Ford President’s Award and One Ford Elite Award for the second year in a row. To celebrate, they broke ground on a new building to expand its services. From left are Bryan Belliveau, Skowhegan code enforcement officer; Sam Hight, dealer principal at Hight Ford; Jeff Hewitt, Skowhegan director of economic & community development; Greg Dore, Skowhegan road commissioner; David Becknam, Skowhegan police chief; Christine Almond, Skowhegan town manager; and Corey Hight, dealer principal at Hight Chevrolet.
Sweet Dreams Project gives Christmas gifts to 500 children in central Maine
The project is led by Debora Tanner, a teacher at Skowhegan Area Middle School, who has worked to make sure children will not go without gifts.
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Mackenzie Smart, 14, loads Sweet Dreams gift bags into a car as her mother Kim holds open the hatch during the Sweet Dreams drive through at the Federated Church in Skowhegan Monday. More than 500 gift bags were given to individuals from age zero to 18. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
SKOWHEGAN Efforts led by a local teacher have provided 500 children across central Maine with presents that will be under trees Christmas morning.