LEWISTON — Community Concepts is taking over Advocates for Children. Leaders for both nonprofits say Advocates for Children’s programs and location will stay the same. Employees will remain and the agency’s name will stay the same. But the takeover means Advocates for Children can spend less money on overhead, including an executive director, and it […]
January 2019
Posted inPolitics
Mills releases bonds for senior housing that LePage blocked for 3 years
The $15 million package would create an estimated 200 new affordable housing units, with $500,000 earmarked for home repairs for low-income seniors.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
New eight-man football format in Maine gaining momentum
MPA football committee also considering move to three-class structure for traditional 11-man football.
Posted inBusiness
Camden working on zoning changes to keep fast-food chains out of the downtown
A proposal would limit franchises to one small commercial district, away from the small, locally owned businesses that give the downtown its character.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
With Maine high schools fielding fewer football players, plan for 8-man teams gains ground
The proposal catches some athletic directors by surprise after they responded to a survey about interest in 8-man football.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Poliquin repays $100K loan to himself; campaign coffers all but empty
After his unsuccessful bid to retain his 2nd Congressional District seat, former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s campaign has $3,593 in its coffers and an unpaid debt to the candidate of $36,400. In short, after losing a multimillion-dollar race last year to Lewiston Democrat Jared Golden, Poliquin’s campaign owes more than it has in the bank, […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Waiting their turn
Dozens of tractor-trailers fill Goddard Road and back up onto Alfred Plourde Parkway in Lewiston on Tuesday morning as they wait to get into the nearby Walmart Distribution Center. Employees from businesses in the area say the line of trucks occurs first thing every morning but does not prevent them from getting to or from […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is now more popular in Maine than Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy
Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey has replaced Allen’s Coffee Brandy as Maine’s favorite tipple. The syrupy-sweet brown concoction fell to second place in terms of annual sales in 2018, according to data from the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. Fireball, a popular brand for bar shots rose to the top spot, with more than […]
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Massachusetts man in court on charges of causing Camden woman’s lake death
Jonathan Roberts was indicted for the August death of a woman who died in Damariscotta Lake after being struck by Roberts’ watercraft.
Posted inBusiness
Hot-selling Fireball passes Allen’s as biggest money maker in Maine liquor market
Sales of the iconic Maine coffee brandy fell behind a competitor for the first time in 2018.