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Brewer honors citizen, business of the year
A local business that has been run by the same family for four
generations was named the city’s business of the year at Brewer
Days, a three-day hometown celebration held over the weekend.
Gold Star Cleaners took home the business honor and the citizen of
the year award went to Lester Young, who retired in June after 47
years dedicated to serving area children.
The two annual awards were made Friday night during the first day of
Brewer Days, which is in its 10th year. Mayor
Joseph Ferris, with assistance from Deputy Mayor Jerry Goss,
presented the awards.
Gold Star Cleaners was founded more than a century ago by the Pooler
family, company president Eric Pooler states on the company’s
website.
“Gold Star Cleaners was established by my great-grandfather in 1905
and for generations has provided professional dry-cleaning services
to the greater
Bangor-Brewer area,” he states. “Gold Star Cleaners is one of
only 25 dry cleaners nationwide to hold all three certificates in
certified professional dry-cleaner, environmental and wet cleaner.”
Eric Pooler was out of town, so his father, Jim Pooler, accepted the
business of the year plaque.
Young, who did his student teaching at Brewer Middle School 47 years
ago, has been a teacher, principal, superintendent and business
manager, and for the last two years was director of finance and the
owner’s representative for the newly completed Brewer Community
School.
He was presented an honorary clock.
A copyright
story from the Bangor Daily News by
Nok-Noi Ricker,
BDN Staff,
Posted Sept. 12, 2011, at 3:26 p.m.
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