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Construction could begin soon on $30 million Waterville mill housing project after financing green light

by Amy Calder August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

North River Co. is awaiting word from MaineHousing before launching construction to turn about half of the northernmost Lockwood-Duchess mill building at 6 Water St. into residential and commercial space.

Maine, New England, News

Northeast drought benefits some businesses, including the Sea Dogs

by MARK PRATT Associated Press August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

The arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time.

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‘Ahab Inside Me’ sails into Augusta Sept. 2-4

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

AUGUSTA — The Colonial Theater will stage “The Ahab Inside Me” Friday through Sunday, Sept. 2-4, at the 139 Water St. In a tale that stretches across generations and ancients — lost mariners, lost souls, lost lives — “The Ahab Inside Me” is a provocative and challenging new musical theater production that explores the traumatic […]

Maine, Morning Sentinel, News

Family offers $500 reward in case of man missing from Bangor psychiatric center

by Haley Hersey August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Graham Lacher, 38, has been missing for three months after walking away from the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

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‘Bad Sisters’ like ‘Little Women’ from purgatory

August 31, 2022

Pay attention now, I’m not going to go through these names more than once. There’s Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) and her four sisters: Eva (Sharon Horgan), the level headed eldest; Ursula (Eva Birthistle), a nurse and mother; Bibi (Sarah Greene), the one-eyed plotter of the bunch; and Becka (Eve Hewson), Rocker Bono’s daughter in case you’re […]

Community

Augusta-based educational institution offers tuition-free workshops

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

New Ventures Maine is planning tuition-free online workshops and classes for September, including self-paced and interactive online workshops designed to help Mainers gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to start a business, build a career and manage money, according to a news release from the Augusta-based educational institution. The full class schedule with offerings for […]

Maine, Morning Sentinel

Early morning house fire first in Oakland since town added full-time Fire Department

by Scott Monroe August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

The 1 a.m. blaze at a South Alpine Street house came about a month after Fire Department hired full-time firefighters to provide 24-hour coverage, which the fire chief says enabled a quicker response to the scene.