Requiring businesses to compensate municipalities for the cost of recycling packaging simply shifts costs.
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New workforce director starts at HospitalityMaine
Gwen Perry will lead the trade group’s effort to grow Maine’s restaurant and hotel labor force.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider 65-unit mobile home park
The board on Monday is also expected to consider a request to rezone properties on Park Street to allow a hairdressing business to move to the former site of Redington Funeral Home.
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Waterville police Officer Timothy Hinton, dispatchers honored
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey presented Officer Timothy Hinton with the Police Department’s Medal of Valor on Tuesday for his work during a high-speed chase Dec. 22, 2019, in which Hinton was shot twice.
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Bigelow Brewing receives downtown Skowhegan grant for building renovations
The $50,000 tax increment financing grant will allow the owners to reroute sewer lines, repair the roof, secure the windows and remove an old boiler.
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Overseer of Colby projects in downtown Waterville excited by all that is happening
Paul Ureneck, director of commercial real estate for Elm City LLC, an affiliate of Colby College, spoke Thursday at Thomas College as part of a business breakfast hosted by Thomas and the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro networks at White House mayors conference
Nick Isgro traveled to Washington, D.C., and attended the United States Conference of Mayors on Jan. 24 where he networked with mayors and other officials and discussed economic development.
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Hobby Lobby to open in March at Elm Plaza in Waterville
The craft and home decor store, with more than 850 stores in the U.S., will employ between 35 and 50 people, according to the company.
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Waterville planners reelect Paul Lussier chairman
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday night also voted to approve, with a condition, a request by the Alfond Youth Center to reconfigure vehicle and pedestrian access to its building on North Street.
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Couple to open restaurant, bar, deli, market in downtown Waterville
The Portland Hunt & Alpine Club owners Andrew and Briana Volk are aiming to open Verna’s All Day at the end of the year in the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons at 150 Main St. in downtown Waterville.