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Restaurant proposal for last Edwards mill building in Augusta would involve $1 sale from city to developers

Proposal would bring a restaurant, and maybe not the initially proposed wine bar and tapas eatery, to the Northern Avenue site.

Town Manager Christine Almand says there are now “more major development projects occurring simultaneously than I have ever seen in Skowhegan.”

Gov. Janet Mills requested $39.5 million for the project, which would rejuvenate the former Statler Tissue Co. mill along the Kennebec River.

The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.

The federal grant will fund a public-private partnership to extend high-speed internet service to thousands of people in unserved parts of the state.

Development proposed by Arcon Realty would require razing the building that for many years housed the John Martin’s Manor restaurant.

The planned fiber-optic expansion will be accessible to 12,000 homes and businesses, including some in South Portland.

North River Co. officials hope to begin transforming about half the building at 6 Water St. next year into residential and commercial space.

The high-end hotel opened in 2015 in the redeveloped former headquarters of the Portland Press Herald.

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