Maine Public purchased the building at 320 Cumberland Ave. for $20 million.
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In Biddeford, 2 pizza joints clash over new location, community culture
The city is tearing down a Domino’s to make way for an intersection. Now, the pizza chain might move across the street from where Pizza by Alex has made pies since the 1960s.
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Businesses embrace ‘yes, you can pee in Portland,’ but the stalls seem stalled
A recent MIT study asked small businesses in the city about policy changes that would help their post-pandemic recovery. The response was a resounding call for more public restrooms downtown.
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Scarborough approves tax deal to build new downtown at the Downs
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Downs is on track to be redeveloped into a mixed-use village center under a 30-year, tax-supported plan approved by the Town Council on Wednesday night. The deal with hometown developers was widely considered one of the most important and contentious decisions to face the council in decades, prompting Councilor Don Hamill to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Teens charged with theft, assault of 83-year-old Lewiston shop owner
LEWISTON — A teenager was charged with assault and another teen with theft Wednesday in connection with an incident at Speaker’s Variety that left the store owner with a broken wrist. The boys, both 16, were charged after police consulted with the Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office about the Nov. 3 assault at the Spruce […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Free coffee and muffins for Rumford construction workers
Glenn and Sandee Gordon, left, of Good Karma Health Foods & Cafe at 72 Congress St. in Rumford treat Sargent Corp. workers to muffins and coffee Tuesday morning. The workers are installing new water and sewer lines in the downtown business district. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times)
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Vandals strike downtown Farmington, UMF campus
FARMINGTON — Police are investigating vandalism that left flower pots, planters and trash cans tipped over on Main Street and Broadway, along with damage at the nearby campus of University of Maine at Farmington. Owner Susun Terese crouched beside one of her planters outside her business Minikins on Broadway on Friday morning. It was obvious […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Natural gas project scaled back in downtown Rumford
RUMFORD — Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said Thursday that plans to install a natural gas pipeline along River and Congress streets this summer have been scratched because it would delay the major downtown construction work underway. The gas lines and fiber-optic cables for broadband internet service were add-ons to this summer’s $5.4 million project to replace […]
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Street Talk: Crunching Lewiston’s crime stats
It was, some thought, the darkest time in Lewiston’s history. The craziness went on all year and was the kind of craziness that made national headlines. A group of teenagers slashed the throat of a cab driver and then left him for dead in a parking lot. A giant, corn-fed farmhand named Lloyd Frank Millett […]
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Rangeley to hold public meeting on goals for downtown revitalization
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Region Economic Opportunity Committee will hold a public workshop Wednesday, May 30, to offer residents and business owners opportunities to develop goals for revitalizing the downtown areas of Oquossoc and Rangeley. The workshop will be conducted jointly with Wright-Pierce, an engineering firm based in Topsham, from 6 to 8 p.m. at […]