MaineDOT & American Journal - Tue January 28, 2025
MaineDOT Building New Bridge Over I-95 in Augusta, Will Take Bids Later in 2025 On Another in Buxton
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) shifted westbound traffic on U.S. Highway 202/Western Avenue in Augusta to a temporary bridge on Jan. 25 as part of the ongoing work to replace the route's former road bridge over Interstate 95....
MaineDOT & WCSH-TV - Thu January 16, 2025
MaineDOT Prevails in Federal Court Decision On Frank J. Wood Bridge Replacement
A federal appeals court in Boston has affirmed a lower court's decision supporting the Maine Department of Transportation's planned replacement of the Frank J. Wood Bridge over the Androscoggin River connecting the towns of Brunswick and Topsham, MaineDOT announced in a Jan....
Millinocket Regional Hospital & WABI-TV - Tue January 14, 2025
Maine's Millinocket Regional Hospital Begins Work On 14-Month Construction Upgrade
The coming year is set to be one of reinvention for the Millinocket Regional Hospital (MRH) in Maine, as its officials held a groundbreaking on Dec. 31 to signify the start of their newest construction project....
The Maine Monitor - Tue January 14, 2025
Yarmouth, Maine, Officials Approve Plan to Remove Two Royal River Dams
In a historic vote more than two decades in the making, the Yarmouth, Maine, town council has voted unanimously to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them....
CEG & Mainebiz - Tue December 17, 2024
Maine's Mount Desert Island Hospital to Expand; Winter Not Slowing State's Construction
Big changes are coming to Mount Desert Island (MDI) Hospital in Bar Harbor along Maine's Atlantic Coast. The medical facility, which has become busier as the local tourism industry has grown, received state approval in early December to pursue a $42 million expansion and renovation....
Portland Press Herald - Mon December 02, 2024
University of Southern Maine Eyes Replacing Old Law School Building With Faculty Housing
On the University of Southern Maine (USM) campus in Portland, just off the central roundabout, a brutalist coliseum once described as one of the ugliest academic buildings in America sits empty. The structure, at one time home of the University of Maine (UM) School of Law, has been vacant since the law school moved to Portland's Old Port in 2023, but the University of Maine System just does not have the budget to demolish the building at this point, according to the Portland Press Herald....
The County - Mon November 25, 2024
DG Fuels Plans to Build $4.1B Aviation Fuel Plant at Maine's Former Loring AFB
Plans are still under way to construct a $4.13 billion sustainable aviation fuel facility at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, according to its developers. In 2022, Washington, D.C.-based DG Fuels announced its intentions to build on 1,240 acres of property at the Loring Commerce Center, creating 2,300 jobs during construction and 650 jobs once production begins, reported The County, an online news hub of Maine's Aroostook County....
CEG - Thu November 14, 2024
National Attachments Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary
National Attachments, headquartered in Gorham, Maine, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary by inviting local and out-of-area customers to visit the headquarters, explore hundreds of attachments on display and enjoy a variety of food from local food trucks....
Singletracks - Thu November 14, 2024
Work Is Under Way to Develop 84-Mi-Long Mountain Bike Trail in Rural Maine County
Deep in the heart of Maine stands Mount Katahdin, a 5,269-ft. peak at the end of the famous Appalachian Trail. The mountain is located in Piscataquis County, the second-largest county by area in the state at 3,960 sq....
UMaine News & Office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins - Thu November 07, 2024
UMaine Building $82M Research Facility; Sen. Collins Helps Secure $133M for Bridge Replacements
The University of Maine (UMaine) broke ground Oct. 29 on the Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) building, a 50,000-sq.-ft. facility designed to house the innovative Factory of the Future (FoF) incorporating digital manufacturing technologies and fully adaptive, immersive learning spaces for students at UMaine and across the University of Maine System (UMS)....
