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)....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 09, 2023
Bridge Construction in Coastal Maine Aids Motorists, Pedestrians, Cyclists
Accessibility is an important aspect of all travel, and that especially holds true for coastal Maine. Tourism in Maine is extremely important, accounting for approximately $4.9 billion to Maine's economy each year....
Mainebiz & NPS - Mon February 27, 2023
Maine's Acadia National Park to Get $33M for Demolition, New Maintenance Facilities
The National Park Service (NPS) will invest $32.6 million to demolish outdated structures and build new maintenance facilities at Acadia National Park headquarters, Mainebiz reported Feb. 22. Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the project will provide park staff with enhanced facilities to better serve visitors and protect park resources....
Portland Press Herald - Mon February 20, 2023
Portland, Maine, Board Approves Construction of 179-Room Hotel Next to City Hall
The city planning board in Portland, Maine, approved plans for a 179-room hotel Feb. 14 as part of a major redevelopment of the block on Congress Street just east of City Hall. The Portland Press Herald reported that board members voted unanimously to approve a site plan for the hotel, which makes up Phase I of the Herald Square project at 385 Congress St....
Mainebiz - Mon February 20, 2023
VIDEO: Major Expansion Getting Under Way at Maine's Popular Sugarloaf Ski Resort
Sugarloaf, the popular ski area in west-central Maine's Carrabassett Valley, is starting work on what is being called the largest development project on the resort's properties in 25 years, Mainebiz reported Feb....
American Loggers Council - Wed February 08, 2023
PLC of Maine Raises Record $262,403 for Log-a-Load for Kids in 2022
The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised a record $262,403 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2022 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fundraising efforts....
WCSH-TV News Center Maine - Mon February 06, 2023
Construction On International Bridge in Maine Passes Halfway Mark, To Finish This Fall
Officials in charge of building the new international bridge connecting Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, said recently that the project is on schedule and should reach its completion this fall....
