NLPS painstakingly worked to solicit donations, write grant applications and tap local craftspeople to rehabilitate the building, while completing much of the work themselves.
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Harpswell’s Halfway Rock lighthouse preservationist receives Maritime History Service Award
On Oct. 24, Ford Reiche attended the National Maritime Historical Society’s Annual Awards Dinner, where he was honored for preserving a piece of Maine’s rich seafaring history.
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Norway’s Gingerbread House goes under contract
Paris Hill-based real estate agent Holly Bancroft Brown has confirmed that the historic property is under contact, with the closing set to happen before the end of the year.
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Watch: 100-year-old restored clock lifted into Readfield Union Meeting House
The 1930 clock was restored recently as part of a decadeslong renovation of the historic building.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Old Army hospital on Great Diamond Island could become condos
Portland is selling the last city-owned property at Fort McKinley to a developer who plans to restore the building and create 9 condos.
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Bowdoinham to lift its historic Town Hall next week
After previous efforts to fund the repair of the decaying Town Hall failed, Bowdoinham is starting the process of repairing the foundation of the 201-year-old building with future renovation plans in the works.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
The secret to Norway’s economic success? Historic preservation. Please thank Andrea Burns.
NORWAY — Imagine Main Street in South Paris without McLaughlin Garden and Homestead. Picture a gaping hole on Main Street in Norway where its renowned Opera House stands. Then there is the Fox School in South Paris, where generations of children learned and grew, and now provides housing for generations to come. Think about the rebirth […]
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Topsham foreman rolls massive train into and out of state museum, 37 years apart
Todd Belaire of The Cote Corp. of Auburn returned this week to the Maine State Museum in Augusta to undo work he had done in 1986.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Androscoggin County commission considers future of landmark building in Auburn
Officials discuss whether the county can afford to remain in the historic County Building.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Portland orders restaurant to remove antique doors over ‘false sense of history’
Papi imported doors from Puerto Rico, but the city says the doors must come down because they don’t honor the history of the Exchange Street building. Some residents say it’s unfair.