Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Mon June 19, 2023
CPM Saves Money Using ChromX Rebar On Yarmouth Bridge Work
The contractor of Maine Department of Transportation's bridge replacement project in Yarmouth overcame the impact of the rise in steel prices during the Russia-Ukraine conflict by switching to ChromX rebar for the second half of the project....
Mainebiz & CEG - Mon June 12, 2023
Portland, Maine, Contractor to Lead Construction of Katahdin Woods Visitor Center
Coinciding with the public launch of a $35 million fundraising campaign for Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Wright-Ryan Construction in Portland has been chosen as the construction manager for the Wabanaki-led visitor contact station....
Penobscot Bay Pilot - Mon June 12, 2023
Work Begins On New Acadia Gateway Center for National Park in Coastal Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) in late May joined with local, state and federal partners from both the public and private sectors to celebrate the beginning of construction on the new Acadia Gateway Center in Trenton....
New Balance - Wed June 07, 2023
Athletic Footwear Maker New Balance Begins Work On $65M Factory Addition in Maine
Boston-based New Balance broke ground June 5 on the expansion of its current athletic footwear manufacturing facility in Skowhegan, Maine. The company's $65 million investment will add 200 new jobs and double the factory's production capabilities through a 120,000-sq.-ft., single-story addition to the existing five-story facility, which is itself seeing a 20,000-sq.-ft....
Mainebiz - Mon June 05, 2023
Westbrook, Maine's $150M Rock Row Medical, Research Campus Marks 'Topping Off'
Rock Row, a $600 million, 110-acre mixed-use development in Westbrook, Maine, west of Portland, already has retail operations like REI, Market Basket, Chik Fil-A, Starbucks and a Chase branch. Now a second major component is on its way to completion, which is expected to open in 2024....
Bomag - Mon May 15, 2023
BOMAG Americas Signs Central Equipment Company As New Dealer in Maine
BOMAG Americas has signed Central Equipment Company as a new dealer, covering the entire state of Maine. Under the agreement, Central Equipment Company will be providing its customers with sales, service and parts support for BOMAG light and heavy tandem rollers, single drum rollers, and landfill compactors....
John Deere - Mon May 15, 2023
Starting at Mile One: Logger Tony Nadeau's Road to Success
A granite monument in Fort Kent, Maine, commemorates "America's First Mile," the starting point of U.S. Route 1. The highway runs 2,360 mi. all the way to Key West, Fla., which is the southernmost point of the continental United States....
Office of Sen. Susan Collins & Portland Daily News - Mon April 10, 2023
Maine Sen. Collins Tours Theater Rehab; Unhappy With Halt to CBP Station Plans
On April 4, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, and vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, visited the 110-year-old Augusta Colonial Theater to see the plans for renovations and expansions made possible by the $1.5 million grant she secured in December as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill....
Mainebiz - Tue March 28, 2023
Former Lincoln, Maine Paper Mill Likely to Be Site of $100M Biorefinery
The Lincoln Town Council in Maine has voted to approve a 20-year lease between the town and Biofine Developments Northeast for a biofuel refinery on the site of the former Lincoln Pulp and Tissue Mill, now known as the Lincoln Technology Park....
MaineDOT & Waterville Morning Sentinel - Mon March 20, 2023
Maine's $52.8M Ticonic Bridge Replacement Project to Finally Begin
A $52.8 million project to replace the 113-year-old Ticonic Bridge in Maine that spans the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow is scheduled to start. The work on the deteriorating bridge is scheduled to last four years, according to the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT)....
