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Architecture & Design

  • Restored State Theatre marquee a public/private restoration project

    May 15, 2018

    The 1920s marquee on the former Portland movie theater, which now hosts live music, was brought back to its original look with help from the city's Facad Improvement Match Grant program.

    May 15, 2018
  • Bowdoin to build four Passive House dorms

    Maureen Milliken May 15, 2018

    The college will start construction this summer on four Passive House dorms, the next step in the Brunswick college's commitment to carbon neutrality.

    Maureen Milliken May 15, 2018
  • Criterium Engineers moving to Freeport

    Laurie Schreiber May 6, 2018

    Alan Mooney, president of Criterium Engineers, purchased 5 Depot St. in Freeport — a 23,620-square-foot, two-story commercial building on 0.88 acre — from Timm Holdings LLC for $1,987,500. Drew Sigfridson, Dan Greenstein and Catie Seavey of CBRE |

    Laurie Schreiber May 6, 2018
  • Downtown Lewiston historic building renovation gets noticed

    Maureen Milliken May 1, 2018

    The three-story former bank building at 46 Lisbon St. and its owners got kudos from Maine Preservation as well as recognition from the city's Historic Preservation Committee.

    Maureen Milliken May 1, 2018
  • Travis Mills Foundation renovation of Elizabeth Arden estate continues

    Maureen Milliken May 1, 2018

    The retreat for injured veterans in the Belgrade Lakes region, soon to open for its second season, has more plans for the future.

    Maureen Milliken May 1, 2018
  • Maine Wood Conference looks toward new era of development

    April 24, 2018

    Organizers of the May 9 Maine Wood and Sustainability conference see it as more than just a meeting of industry professionals, but a watershed.

    April 24, 2018
  • Colby building buy is step forward for Camden National Bank too

    April 10, 2018

    The purchase of the Camden National Bank building at 33 Main St. in Waterville, the sixth the college has bought downtown, is part of its plan to develop a hotel, and the bank will move into the new Alfond Commons building.

    April 10, 2018
  • Katahdin Trust donates to Houlton Cary Library renovation

    Staff March 27, 2018

    The 114-year-old library's ongoing face lift includes help for windows and wall facing repair from the bank.

    Staff March 27, 2018
  • Immigrant Welcome Center to double its space

    Maureen Milliken March 21, 2018

    The hub for immigrant resources is adding the fourth floor at 24 Preble St. in Portland to its first-floor quarters, for more than 7,900 square feet, an expansion that will allow a digital language lab, business hub and more.

    Maureen Milliken March 21, 2018
  • Waterville arts hub renovation gets $2 million boost from Colby benefactor

    Maureen Milliken March 14, 2018

    The contemporary art gallery that's part of the 93 Main St. renovation will be named for donor Paul Schupf, who has also donated to the Colby College Museum of Art in the past.

    Maureen Milliken March 14, 2018
  • Yarmouth village's history develops with Main Street projects

    Maureen Milliken March 13, 2018

    Four historic Main Street buildings may soon have new owners, adding to the energy in the development-busy village.

    Maureen Milliken March 13, 2018
  • Portland's Abyssinian Meeting House project gets boost from city

    Maureen Milliken March 6, 2018

    The historic Abyssinian Meeting House at 75 Newbury St.,Portland, which is being restored with the goal of becoming a living museum, got a boost with a $36,000 grant from the city as the $1.5 million project at the foot of Munjoy Hill moves forward.

    Maureen Milliken March 6, 2018
  • Colby, Waterville Creates! collaborate on downtown arts building renovation

    March 6, 2018

    A landmark downtown building will be renovated, reduced and developed into an arts hub in a collaboration between Colby College and nonprofit Waterville Creates! Plans for the regional arts hub at 93 Main St. will be finalized once money is raised

    March 6, 2018
  • Colby's first Waterville downtown development piece is in place

    Maureen Milliken February 28, 2018

    The first building in Colby College's multi-property Main Street project is renovated and occupied, and other downtown projects, both the college's and those by others, are following.

    Maureen Milliken February 28, 2018
  • Temporary rules in place for Munjoy Hill developers until June

    Maureen Milliken February 13, 2018

    Developers in Portland's busy Munjoy Hill neighborhood will be working until under restrictions that include where they can locate parking until the city comes up with permanent zoning tweaks to deal with a deluge of construction.

    Maureen Milliken February 13, 2018
  • Lewiston buildings nominated for National Register of Historic Places

    October 17, 2017

    Lewiston's Downtown Commercial Historic District and the 19th-century Le Messager building on Lisbon Street have been nominated by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

    October 17, 2017

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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.