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Hotel opening, $11.2 million revitalization project among plans for this year in downtown Waterville
The Lockwood Hotel completion by Colby College is just one of many projects expected to occur this year in downtown Waterville, including the completion and opening of the Arts Collaborative across Main Street from the hotel.
The Wrap: 3 central Maine companies win Good Food Awards
Also, the first season of ‘The Lost Kitchen,’ which chronicles the restaurant in Freedom, is now streaming online.
Waterville truck body manufacturer holds hiring event in search of 50 new employees
Duramag, formerly known as F3 MFG, is looking to hire 50 people in order to keep up with the company’s growth.
Augusta considers self-storage businesses for vacant retail spaces
Storage businesses are not allowed now in two of the city’s largest retail shopping areas.
Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store
Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.
Kennebec Valley government council receives $670,000 from federal government to boost economy
The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments will use the money to help mend and promote the central Maine economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinions differ on potential impact as Waterville rail yard is sold to CSX
CSX Corp., the freight rail system whose tracks cross nearly every state east of the Mississippi River, is buying Pan Am Railways, extending its network into northern New England.
Unity resident drops Dunkin’ court appeal, aims to move out of town
Resident Kristin Mozes and landlord Elizabeth Dyer, who appealed the relocation of the Dunkin’ to downtown Unity, are not bringing the case to court.
The Wrap: COVID causes temporary closures, and 64 Pine St. is finally leased
Plus, foods to soothe pandemic anxieties, from doughnuts to plant-based dinners.