LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center is turning a few double rooms and other spaces into private rooms, a project that will take a few months and cost just under $430,000. The renovation is part of a larger plan to turn all CMMC hospital rooms into single-bed, private rooms. CMMC President David Tupponce said the hospital […]
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Construction progresses at Connors Elementary School
A crane hoists beams onto the classroom section of Connors Elementary School near Lewiston High School off East Avenue. To watch a video of the construction project, visit sunjournal.com (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Work begins on Hartley Block downtown Lewiston
Crews set forms and foundation work Friday afternoon at the Hartley Block project on Lisbon Street in downtown Lewiston. A formal groundbreaking ceremony for the housing and commercial space project will take place Thursday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Downtown Lisbon Street is about to regain a large section of storefront that was lost more […]
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Auburn clock tower gets a face-lift
Workers from Seacoast Scaffold & Equipment Corp. remove equipment from the clock tower of the Androscoggin County Building in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. After repairing and replacing much of the exterior of the facade, the next phase of the nearly $300,000 project will deal with repairing the roof of the building, which was built in […]
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Lewiston school under construction
An aerial view shows construction of the Robert Connors Elementary School where baseball and football fields for Lewiston High School were located. The framework in the foreground is for classrooms. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Everett F. "Skeet" Higgins
AUGUSTA — Everett F. “Skeet” Higgins, 77, a resident of Litchfield, passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, at Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. He was born Feb. 13, 1940, in Waterville, the son of Perley Higgins and Irene (Chute) Higgins. Skeet was a graduate of Erskine Academy in South China. He served in the U.S. Navy from […]
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Cianbro announces plan to hire 300 new construction workers
Buoyed by several new projects in its pipeline, Pittsfield-based construction company Cianbro Corp. is looking to hire 300 additional workers in 2018. The company, which already employs 1,350 people in Maine, said Thursday it was looking for new hires in a number of jobs and trades needed for large projects across the state, such as […]
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Work continues on new Lewiston elementary school
Crews under the direction of PC Construction Co. of Portland work on the new Robert B. Connors Elementary School where the football field was previously located at Lewiston High School. The section being built will contain the gymnasium, music rooms, mechanical rooms and kitchen area. The crane is sitting in what will be the cafeteria. […]
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Harold "Thomas" Nowland
RUMFORD — Harold “Thomas” Nowland, 72, of Congress Street in Rumford passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Rumford Hospital. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 10, 1944, a son of Clarence L. and Jean (Mischner) Nowland. Thomas married his college sweetheart, Sharon Chapman, on August 17, 1968, in Peru, Maine; together they have […]
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What will replace the former Cottle's?
Crews from Dearborn Brothers Construction demolish the former Cottle’s grocery store at East Avenue and Sabattus streets in Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon. Guggenheim Real Estate Partners, a Texas-based company, has plans to redevelop the property into a gas station, car wash, convenience store and one or two fast-food eateries. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Crews from Dearborn […]