Ontario-based Wolfden Resources Corp.’s plan to purchase Pickett Mountain, which is located north of Patten, comes three months after lawmakers passed a sweeping overhaul of Maine’s mining regulations.
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Owners of Gardiner companies say city grants have contributed to success
Four companies have used Community Development Block Grant workforce development grants to hire and train workers to push their enterprises forward.
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Bar Harbor company gets $1.5 million to test heart attack drug in pigs
Novo Biosciences will use the NIH grant for next-level testing of its regenerative therapy drug, which has already proven effective in zebrafish and mice.
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Two remaining partners of Sheridan Construction Corp. assume its leadership, ownership
Mitchell Sammons and Daniel Wildes will serve as president and senior vice president, respectively.
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Portland Ship Yard receives $1 million grant to replace aging boat lift
The funds will pay for a new hoist and resolve equipment problems that have hindered the yard’s ability to service many commercial boats and get them back on the water.
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DEP gives preliminary approval to relocation of Maine Turnpike’s York toll plaza
The approval would allow cash collection lanes at the proposed toll plaza, which is opposed by many residents in the area.
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Maine Med receives $11 million NIH grant to study metabolic diseases
The overall goal of the program is to reduce obesity, osteoporosis and diabetes – all metabolic diseases common in Maine.
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LePage picks oil industry veteran for energy czar
Steven McGrath, the past chief financial officer of Downeast Energy Corp., replaces Patrick Woodcock.
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Soaring Maine gas prices, up 32 cents in a week, alert attorney general to prospect of price gouging
Supplies tighten in New England and a new storm may add to the run-up in cost.
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Family sells Kittery hotel it has owned for more than 50 years
The Coachman Inn on Route 1 is sold to a Massachusetts company for more than $3 million.