New owner of Hampden waste plant expects to invest $35M to restart it
The new majority owner of a shuttered Hampden waste facility says that it has enough funding and experience to get
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Bangor rules on 1st of 60 applications for $16M in COVID-relief funding
Bangor ostensibly approved giving $415,000 in pandemic relief funding to one local organization — though city councilors discussed eight requests
Read moreElectric scooters are coming to Orono this summer
Orono will be the second Maine town to launch a fleet of electric scooters aimed at residents and college students
Read morePopular downtown Ellsworth pub reopens after year-long hiatus
Just in time for lunch on Thursday, the Irish flag will be flying outside Finn’s Irish Pub in downtown Ellsworth
Read moreBelfast’s dwindling food trucks are facing increasing challenges
More than three years since the COVID-19 pandemic vastly changed the way people think about going out to eat, food
Read moreSearsport using art walk to bring more people downtown
In the small midcoast town of Searsport, business owners and community leaders are turning to art as the next step
Read moreWorcester Resources hit with nearly $24K in fines
Worcester Resources has been fined nearly $24,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for two recent reporting violations, the
Read moreAnodyne Book Shop kicks off Summer Sign and Sip Series with local summertime author Le Brun
SEARSPORT — Anodyne Book Shop in Searsport kicks off their Summer Sign and Sip Series with local summertime author Michelle
Read moreMachias Savings Bank announces new corporators
Machias Savings Bank is pleased to welcome several new corporators. The corporators were voted on and approved at the Bank’s
Read moreThis hunter has opened Caribou’s only outpost storer
CARIBOU, Maine — For Hancock County native John Karst, Aroostook County was an ideal destination for big-game hunting and fishing
Read moreBangor’s G-Force will close next week after live performance permit paused
A local entertainment business in the Bangor Mall announced it will close its doors for good after the process of
Read morePortland vintage car business will have red convertible featured in exclusive show
PORTLAND, Maine — In 2019, Andrew Furbush and Krystal Stone took off on one of their first official dates in a
Read moreMaine’s wild blueberry giant is raising millions of native bees
Bruce Hall looks over the blueberry barrens in Milbridge, watching the bumblebees — the Jerry Lee Lewis’ of the bee
Read moreNSF awards Howell $550K for microfluidics research and development with Sappi
University of Maine research in partnership with Sappi North America has received a $550,000 award from the National Science Foundation
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