On this date in Maine history: July 15

Lewiston City Council amends Bates Mill No. 5 agreement

The changes allow developer Tom Platz to retain rights to purchase the property while environmental cleanup work is completed.

Lewiston-Auburn Flashback: The making of Bates Mill No. 5’s sawtooth roof

Lewiston to consider giving Tom Platz more time on Bates Mill No. 5 deal

The Lewiston City Council on Tuesday is expected to consider whether to amend language in the city's option with Tom Platz's Bates Mill LLC. It would protect Platz's interest in Bates Mill No. 5 but keep the building under city ownership while environmental cleanup goes on.

Lewiston City Council to vote on funding revaluation, Bates Mill cleanup

The City Council will vote Tuesday on next year's Capital Improvement Plan, after the Finance Committee and Planning Board had their say on the $27 million plan.

Three decades late, Small Business Administration eyes help for rural Maine

Federal bureaucrats never established the Office of Rural Affairs when it was mandated in 1990, but after a California representative took action to get it going, financial assistance for business development in states like Maine may finally get off the ground.

Lewiston capital projects include Bates Mill cleanup, Lincoln Street garage expansion

The two items have been discussed for years, but ultimately scrapped from the annual Capital Improvement Plan.

PHOTO ‘Hopeful’ for the new year

Lewiston will light ‘Hopeful’ sign on New Year’s Eve

The sign by Lewiston-native Charlie Hewitt, now hanging on Bates Mill No. 5, will be lit at 7 p.m.

‘Hopeful’ sign goes up on Bates Mill No. 5; residents asked, ‘What are you hopeful for?’

Officials plan to read some of those answers, posted to the City of Lewiston Facebook page, before the official lighting ceremony Dec. 31.