Portsmouth Herald & Bridgehunter.com - Tue April 04, 2023
Unique Perkins Cove Footbridge in Ogunquit, Maine, to Get a $2.85M Facelift
The only remaining wooden, double-leaf draw footbridge in the United States will soon be given a makeover with funds from the federal government. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced in March that $2.85 million has been approved for the revitalization of the 81-year-old Perkins Cove Pedestrian Footbridge in the York County town of Ogunquit, near the southeast tip of the state....
Piscataquis Observer - Tue March 22, 2022
Legislative Committee Advances Rep. Evans' Bill to Bolster Job Growth in Maine's Forestry Industry
The Legislature's Taxation Committee voted March 15 to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Richard Evans, D-Dover-Foxcroft, aimed at strengthening job growth in Maine's forestry industry. As amended, LD 1919 creates an income tax credit for qualified timber harvesting businesses that employ new qualified employees hired in Maine that are covered by the Employment Security Law and paid an amount equal to or greater than the most recent annual per capita income in the county in which the employee is employed....
Maine Public Radio - Mon March 21, 2022
Funding Boost to Help Restore Historic African American Church in Portland, Maine
Standing in the cavernous wooden interior of the Meeting House in Portland, Maine's Munjoy Hill neighborhood, Pam Cummings pointed out part of the floor that has been replaced and some of the older boards that remain from the original 19th century construction, as well as bits of history etched into the floor....
Portland Press Herald - Mon March 21, 2022
Busy Stretch of I-95 in Maine to Shut Down for 64 Hours in April for New Bridge
The busiest stretch of Interstate 295 in Maine is going to be shut down to traffic for almost three days in April, a move that will allow construction crews the time they need to install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland....
Associated Press - Thu March 10, 2022
Court Sides With Maine Over Aging Bridge Replacement
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) A federal court has sided with the state of Maine in a court case about whether to replace an aging bridge over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. Some preservationists in Maine, calling themselves The Friends of Frank J....
Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News - Thu February 24, 2022
Federal Judge Halts Maine Law That Aimed to Keep Foreign Workers From Hauling Logs
A federal judge on Feb. 18 halted enforcement of a new law that would prevent foreign truck drivers from hauling logs harvested in Maine to other locations in the state. The Maine Forest Products Council, Pepin Lumber Inc....
Mainebiz & Portland Press Herald - Tue February 15, 2022
Maine's Portland Museum of Art Plans $85M Capital Campaign for Major Expansion
Fundraising has gotten under way on a major expansion of Maine's Portland Museum of Art (PMA) to create more space for exhibitions and more than double the size of the gallery's downtown footprint, with a new $85 million capital campaign....
CEG - Wed February 09, 2022
Buxton Contractor Capitalizes On Hot Southern Maine Residential Market
Maine Commercial Contracting Services, owned by Chris Small and headquartered in Buxton, Maine, is a full-service excavating and paving construction firm that tackles a wide variety of projects, including commercial roadways, driveways, site work excavation, parking lot construction and paving, retaining walls, asphalt milling and snow removal....
Kennebec Journal - Mon February 07, 2022
Skowhegan, Maine, Pauses Talk on New Bridge
A series of development projects in Skowhegan, Maine, are complicating proposals for a second bridge across the Kennebec River that advocates say is needed to address long-standing concerns about traffic congestion....
Ellsworth American - Thu January 20, 2022
Rare, 94-Year-Old Rainbow Arch Bridge in Maine to Soon be Replaced
For those wanting to get some of the last photos of coastal Maine's Falls Bridge in the winter, now is the time to do so. The scenic and historic bridge, built in 1926 to span the reversing falls off Maine Rt....
