Commissioners said they would like to see more businesses use the county’s revolving loan program, as opposed to seeking TIF funds.
September 2018
Posted inLife & Culture
Playwright John Cariani enlists help from Broadway for a struggling arts center in Presque Isle
The actor, now living in New York, is holding a benefit performance, featuring Tony Shalhoub and other ‘Band’s Visit’ actors, to raise money for Wintergreen Arts Center in his hometown.
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Posted inMaine
Fire destroys log cabin camp on Hancock Pond in Embden
Member of family who owned the camp had to drive around to get cell phone service to report the fire, which had engulfed the building by the time firefighters arrived.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Brunswick airport gets $6 million for new hangar, airport improvements
The new hangar is part of a $40 million plan to redevelop the former Navy base.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Contamination prompts Manchester to dump single sort recycling program
Augusta moving recycling container to try to keep non-recyclables out.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Judge unfreezes bank account of one man accused of embezzlement by lobster wholesaler
Superior Court Justice John O’Neil Jr. rules that the wholesaler had not met the legal standard necessary to keep an attachment order on Vincent Mastropasqua’s bank account.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Outside group funding ad campaign against King re-election bid
The $100,000 effort to boost the candidacy of Republican challenger Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn, is funded almost entirely by Andrew Beal, a Texas banker who gave $2 million to support the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
Posted inNation & World
Dallas police officer says she didn’t know she was in wrong apartment until calling 911
The officer who killed her neighbor has been formally charged with manslaughter.
Posted inCommunity
Food Mobile to make stop in Augusta
Anyone in need of emergency food assistance in Augusta and the surrounding area is welcome to attend.
Posted inCommunity
Science and math school to hold an info session
Event will be held on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus.