The museum, which celebrates the First Amendment, will operate out of a space on Water Street for three years while the former home of Guy Gannett gets an update.
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In a region known for quaint downtowns, a community without one builds from scratch
One year in, the town center of The Downs development in Scarborough is taking shape as the project’s planners engineer a community hub in one of Maine’s oldest towns.
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New building being constructed after fire destroys Waterville eatery
The Last Unicorn Restaurant at 6 and 8 Silver St. in downtown Waterville was destroyed by fire last year, and the property owner has hired an architect and contractor to construct another building.
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Trail projects in Skowhegan underway as part of master plan
Somerset Woods Trustees, a nonprofit land trust, is working on projects at two local preserves, while other groups are planning more projects to develop a local trail network.
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‘Game-changing’ proposal would bring hotel, apartments, retail to former Kmart in Augusta
Due to the height of the proposed hotel – up to 85 feet – the project needs a contract zone from the city’s Planning Board.
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‘Land bank’ sets sights on first goal: Revitalizing East Millinocket mill
The new state authority wants to create business space and housing in empty properties that private and municipal developers won’t take on.
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China tests new ways to boost economy stifled by wall of austerity
The embrace of a more expansionary policy in China’s capital is effectively getting canceled out in the provinces, where authorities are in full belt-tightening mode.
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Opening of medical campus at Westbrook’s Rock Row put off to 2025
New England Cancer Specialists and the Dempsey Center are among the tenants expected to move into the mixed-use complex beginning in January.
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Waterville fire chief leaving to become state fire marshal
In a surprise announcement Tuesday night, Waterville City Manager Bryan Kaenrath told the City Council that fire Chief Shawn Esler will be leaving his position Oct. 3 to become the new state fire marshal.
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Skowhegan’s Spinning Mill redevelopment back on track
The project’s developer said he expects a portion of the building in downtown Skowhegan to open later this year, after it sustained major flooding damage in December.