AUGUSTA — Expanding passenger rail service from Portland to Lewiston-Auburn has been a decades-long struggle for local business and rail advocates, and a bill before the state Legislature could finally help advance that effort. State Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is hoping his bill will provide the push needed to link the Twin Cities to Amtrak’s […]
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‘Snowhere’ to put it all: It’s affecting all of us
LEWISTON — Public works directors in the Twin Cities said Monday that crews plowing their third major stormstorm in a week will begin snow removal operations Tuesday, a move one business owner said can’t come soon enough. Director of Lewiston Public Works David Jones said his crews are doing their best, but three major storms […]
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Digging out, digging in and digging it — Maine’s snow businesses happy with Juno
But overall the Twin Cities and Maine in general handled Juno with relatively little pain, according to state and local officials. “We’re doing pretty good,” said Joanne Potvin, the director of Androscoggin County’s Emergency Management Agency. Potvin said overnight Tuesday there were no reported incidents, and that agency activities were largely back to normal returning […]
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All Wheels Off Road Park closed, except for friends and family
LEWISTON — Whether he has city approval or not, Don Arel still has his land and he still has his friends. And his friends still want to use his land. “I’m not inviting anyone, but if my friends ask if they can come over and play, I say ‘fine,’” he said. “Me, my friends and […]
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New data shows Maine foreign exports down about 12 percent
LEWISTON — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show exports of Maine goods to other countries declined by 12 percent from 2012 to 2013. The data, released for all 50 states Thursday, show Maine exported about $2.68 billion worth of goods in 2013, a decline of $370 million from $3.05 billion in 2012. Exports […]
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New hockey team could be worth at least $1 million in economic activity
LEWISTON — A long-term contract with a hockey team that wants to call Lewiston-Auburn home is great news for the Twin Cities business community, local business leaders said Monday. That the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit, soon to be the L-A Fighting Spirit, has agreed to a five-year deal means local businesses and fans can take […]
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E. Field: Maine must find a balance
Every year, newspapers print Forbes’ “Best States for Business” and this year Maine is No. 49. Forbes is only one of many groups evaluating states. State rankings are determined by the point of view of the evaluators, the specific criteria they have chosen to evaluate, and how much weight is given to each category. For […]
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LePage helps celebrate groundbreaking for new tissue mill in Baileyville
BAILEYVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage basked in the glow of a bright spot in Maine’s struggling pulp and paper industry Friday, participating in a ceremony marking construction at Woodland Pulp for a new tissue manufacturing plant. Woodland Pulp held a groundbreaking ceremony at its plant to showcase construction of the St. Croix Tissue mill, which […]