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Augusta

  • Engineering firm to move to downtown Augusta

    February 5, 2018

    SGC Engineering takes a five-year lease on 7,500 square feet on Augusta's Water Street, moving to the Capital City's downtown from its smaller quarters on Hallowell's Water Street. The move fills the ground-floor space left vacant when Dirigo Health…

  • Augusta's Colonial Theater development seen as an economic driver

    Maureen Milliken February 6, 2018

    The long-vacant building is not only a key to revitalizing the north end of Augusta's downtown, but to creating a cultural center that will strengthen the Capital City's economy. This spring, decades' worth of coal ash will be removed from the…

  • Downtown Augusta's redevelopment was a long time coming

    By Maureen Milliken January 30, 2018

    Four bars and restaurants and six other businesses have opened in downtown Augusta since mid-2016, joining 34 new apartments and a feeling that "downstreet" is coming into its own in the capital city.

  • Former mill site in Augusta: A blank slate waiting for developer to make something happen

    Maureen Milliken January 22, 2018

    The 17-acre site that for 150 years housed paper mills on the east bank of the Kennebec River in Augusta has an eye-catching view of downtown and the State House downstream, is close to Route 3 and access to Interstate 95 upstream. A developer's…

  • Food Insider: Viles Arboretum offers chance to get off couch on Super Bowl Sunday

    Maureen Milliken January 3, 2018

    The Viles Arboretum's annual Table Tour in Augusta on Sunday, Feb. 4, offers an opportunity to enjoy a culinary-focused social event on Super Bowl Sunday before the game begins.

  • Statler Mill redevelopment faces opposition over low-income housing

    Staff October 17, 2017

    Eight years after Augusta acquired the 32-acre former Statler Mill property on the east side of the Kennebec River, and 16 years after the mill closed, the city is still struggling with developing the site.

  • Augusta board OKs Capitol Street office complex

    Staff August 23, 2017

    The Augusta Planning Board reluctantly approved a plan for two new office buildings on Capitol Street a block from the State House, partially on land that for decades housed the Department of Transportation maintenance garage and lot.

  • Immigrant-welcoming food market proposed in Augusta

    July 25, 2017

    A group of organizers is proposing to build a food market in downtown Augusta as a welcome center for immigrants.

  • Red Barn video goes viral over misidentified $200 fine

    July 11, 2017

    A video posted by The Red Barn restaurant in Augusta, complaining about a $200 fine for exceeding noise limits at a fundraiser for a veterans' organization, garnered 1.4 million Facebook hits from outraged viewers who besieged the city with calls…

  • In tight industrial market, even unlisted properties sell

    Laurie Schreiber June 18, 2017

    A 42,000-square-foot warehouse/storage building, at 360 Civic Center Drive in Augusta, was never listed.

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