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A new walking surface
Under the supervision of the Maine Department of Transportation, a crew from T Buck Construction of Auburn jackhammers the crumbling concrete on the sidewalk of the bridge spanning the Little Androscoggin River in downtown Mechanic Falls on Tuesday afternoon. The sidewalk resurfacing work is one of many maintenance projects the state agency is doing this […]
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Building beds in Lewiston
Healthy Homeworks Bed Factory Director of Development Allie Smith explains how one of their beds is built during Tuesday night’s open house, which marked the first anniversary of the company based in the Pepperell Mill in Lewiston. Participants in the program work from 16 to 20 hours to make four beds. They get to keep […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Uncategorized
Building beds in Lewiston
Healthy Homeworks Bed Factory Director of Development Allie Smith explains how one of their beds is built during Tuesday night’s open house, which marked the first anniversary of the company based in the Pepperell Mill in Lewiston. Participants in the program work from 16 to 20 hours to make four beds. They get to keep […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Advertiser/Sun Journal offices get facelift
NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat/Sun Journal buildings will soon look a bit more historic. Construction began Wednesday to remove the two-story, multi-window, dual-door entrance to the two buildings that were built in the mid-19th century. “We think the new entrance will conform better to the downtown look,” said Sun Media Group Vice President James Costello Jr., […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Building a home — and a life — together
NORWAY — The dream of home ownership is alive and well in western Maine. In 2015, Sarah Martin made a commitment to build a home in Norway for herself and her two daughters. She enrolled in the Community Concepts Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program and in January, she and several other families and individuals began their yearlong […]
Posted inBusiness
Working: Building a crew of veterans
BOWDOIN — Running himself over with a crane couldn’t keep Stephen Martin down. “I don’t care what you do, just cut them off, I’m going back to work tomorrow,” Martin remembers telling the doctor looking over his broken legs and feet after an on-the-job mishap almost 20 years ago, to which the doctor replied, “You […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Ridgefield Bridge project detours Gore Road drivers
OTISFIELD — You just can’t get there from here. That’s the message contractors at the Ridgefield Bridge project and homeowners on Gore Road want motorists who continue to drive up the closed road to understand. The bridge is gone and there is no way to get to the other side. Gore Road, a well-traveled shortcut […]
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Equipment auction is ‘little boy’s fantasy’
AUBURN — The man climbing into the long white van is red from the sun and dusty from all the flying sand. He’s wearing a clean white shirt, but the sleeves are rolled to the elbows. “You out there buying today?” Ralph Hart asks him. “Or just watching?” “Just watching,” the slightly sunburned man answers. […]
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Lewiston gives riverside park work plan a boost
LEWISTON — Money set aside to help build a wheelchair-accessible playground downtown will instead help pay for the construction of a small amphitheater and build river access at Simard-Payne Memorial Park, councilors agreed Tuesday. Councilors voted 4-3 to put $75,000 — originally allocated to help build a playground at Marcotte Park — toward Riverfront Island […]