Workers from Seacoast Scaffold & Equipment Corp. remove equipment from the clock tower of the Androscoggin County Building in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. After repairing and replacing much of the exterior of the facade, the next phase of the nearly $300,000 project will deal with repairing the roof of the building, which was built in […]
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Lewiston school under construction
An aerial view shows construction of the Robert Connors Elementary School where baseball and football fields for Lewiston High School were located. The framework in the foreground is for classrooms. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Everett F. "Skeet" Higgins
AUGUSTA — Everett F. “Skeet” Higgins, 77, a resident of Litchfield, passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, at Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. He was born Feb. 13, 1940, in Waterville, the son of Perley Higgins and Irene (Chute) Higgins. Skeet was a graduate of Erskine Academy in South China. He served in the U.S. Navy from […]
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Cianbro announces plan to hire 300 new construction workers
Buoyed by several new projects in its pipeline, Pittsfield-based construction company Cianbro Corp. is looking to hire 300 additional workers in 2018. The company, which already employs 1,350 people in Maine, said Thursday it was looking for new hires in a number of jobs and trades needed for large projects across the state, such as […]
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Work continues on new Lewiston elementary school
Crews under the direction of PC Construction Co. of Portland work on the new Robert B. Connors Elementary School where the football field was previously located at Lewiston High School. The section being built will contain the gymnasium, music rooms, mechanical rooms and kitchen area. The crane is sitting in what will be the cafeteria. […]
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Harold "Thomas" Nowland
RUMFORD — Harold “Thomas” Nowland, 72, of Congress Street in Rumford passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Rumford Hospital. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 10, 1944, a son of Clarence L. and Jean (Mischner) Nowland. Thomas married his college sweetheart, Sharon Chapman, on August 17, 1968, in Peru, Maine; together they have […]
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What will replace the former Cottle's?
Crews from Dearborn Brothers Construction demolish the former Cottle’s grocery store at East Avenue and Sabattus streets in Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon. Guggenheim Real Estate Partners, a Texas-based company, has plans to redevelop the property into a gas station, car wash, convenience store and one or two fast-food eateries. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Crews from Dearborn […]
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November aerial of Lewiston school construction
An aerial view of the construction project on the former football field at Lewiston High School where the new Connors Elementary School is being built. To watch a video of the flyover, visit sunjournal.com. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Allen D. Young
BUCKFIELD — Allen D. Young, 72, of Buckfield, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, at his home, after a short battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 31, 1945, in Buckfield, the son of Claude and Alice (Paine) Young. Allen attended Buckfield High School. He married Margaret A. Fox on Oct. 4, 1964, at the South Paris […]
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Jeffrey R. Campbell Sr.
LEWISTON – Jeffrey Royal Campbell, Sr., 72, a resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He was born January 13, 1945 in Lewiston, the son of Guy Campbell and Irene (Billings) Campbell. He was a 1964 graduate of Lewiston High School. On July 22, 1995 in Bath, […]