In 1910 in a small village in Russia, my wife's grandfather was inspired to launch his own business as an excavator and refiner of precious metals. After locating rich veins of precious metal ores, he developed a procedure for extracting and refining the ore. He sold his refined metals to jewelers,…
In 1990, Ron and his wife Cindy established Mainestone Jewelry as a home based business and developed a demand for his creations through word of mouth. In 1998, due to increased demand for his designs, they opened a retail store on Front Street in downtown Farmington, Maine. During the next six years…
J.A. Jewelers & Co. was founded in 2006 by two local brothers John and Adam Kinney. John worked for a couple of different local jewelry stores as well as two well known national jewelry stores giving him, at one point, the title of “Manager of the Year”. Adam is a graduate of NM Highlands…