The business will open sometime in July or August and will replace a Dunkin’ Donuts that closed in 2016 and moved into a new location farther down Bay Street.
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Proposed Inland Fisheries & Wildlife complex in Augusta could clean up polluted site
Gov. Janet Mills requested $39.5 million for the project, which would rejuvenate the former Statler Tissue Co. mill along the Kennebec River.
Maine gets another $28 million for rural broadband expansion
The federal grant will fund a public-private partnership to extend high-speed internet service to thousands of people in unserved parts of the state.
GWI to expand fiber-optic broadband networks in 5 Maine communities
The planned fiber-optic expansion will be accessible to 12,000 homes and businesses, including some in South Portland.
Gov. Mills addresses pandemic, Maine’s economic recovery at Waterville chamber breakfast
The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce based in Waterville hosted the January Business Breakfast at the Best Western Plus Grand Hotel.
NYC-based developer looks to spend more than $20 million to renovate former Lockwood Mill in Waterville
North River Co. officials hope to begin transforming about half the building at 6 Water St. next year into residential and commercial space.
Aroma Joe’s coffee chain to buy parcel in Portland Technology Park
The coffee shop company will buy a 3-acre plot from the city for $595,000 and aims to build its new headquarters there.
Colby celebrates groundbreaking for Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
The ceremony drew about 40 members of Colby’s Board of Trustees, faculty, senior staff and students to the college’s Mayflower Hill campus.
Upcoming B&M closure sparks nostalgia, hope for future development
News that Portland’s longtime baked beans factory will close this year and be replaced with a technology and science campus elicits a wistful but hopeful response.
Massachusetts business set to recycle clean wood waste in Waterville
Waterville Planning Board has approved plans by D.H. Smith & Sons of Marshfield, Massachusetts, to open at 135 Airport Road.