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)....
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....
