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Lewiston-Auburn punches above its weight to tackle housing shortages
Tina Fischer Updated: June 16, 2025The housing squeeze has resulted in roughly half of workers in both cities commuting close to two hours daily from their homes in more rural areas.
Muhammad Ali statue is a symbol of Lewiston’s resilience, toughness
Peter Van Allen Updated: June 16, 2025“When Ali stood over Sonny Liston yelling ‘Get up and fight,’ he wasn’t just talking to his opponent,” Gov. Janet Mills said at the unveiling of the Muhammad Ali statue in Lewiston.
Thomaston maker of scallop-farm gear sweeps all categories in Dirigo Labs pitch contest
Laurie Schreiber June 10, 2025The Maine Scallop Pot is designed to be used around the rhythms of lobstermen, enabling fishermen to cultivate scallops without disrupting established routines.
Maine food producers and farms get USDA funding for equipment
Alexis Wells June 10, 2025Recipients include brewers, oyster growers and specialty producers, with award amounts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000.
Lewiston-based Elmet Technologies turns to German manufacturer for space-age metals
Laurie Schreiber June 9, 2025The deal allows Elmet to expand its portfolio of materials that can be used to produce components for NASA and other high-performance applications.
Addition of Lewiston's Muhammad Ali statue was a decade-long quest
Peter Van Allen June 5, 2025Tom Platz, an Auburn developer, and artist Charlie Hewitt worked for 10 years to bring the Muhammad Ali statue to Lewiston, site of a famous Ali-Sonny Liston fight in May 1965.
Lewiston’s new Jubilee Center will expand space for critical community services
Tina Fischer June 5, 2025The nonprofit center has been serving people in need for 30 years in rented space in the Trinity Episcopal Church. A new facility under construction will quadruple the center’s space, allowing it to expand services to meet the growing demand.
Great Falls Construction is developing an 18-unit apartment building in Auburn
Tina Fischer June 4, 2025The Gorham-based construction firm builds a wide range of projects, from residential to municipal to commercial. The mixed-use build in Auburn is the first project in the region that the firm is also developing and will continue to own.
MEREDA 2024 Notable Project: 99 Western Ave., Augusta
The site, located on heavily traveled Western Avenue, had seen a number of redevelopment proposals fizzle over the years.
Op-Ed: 'Big, beautiful bill’ endangers planned factory in Lewiston — and very future it claims to champion
Kay Aikin, Dynamic Grid Updated: May 26, 2025The sweeping domestic policy bill passed by the U.S. House last week endangers plans for a $6 million advanced battery plant in Lewiston that had been set to employ 70 people in three years.
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The days after Thanksgiving are the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Many shoppers are already setting their sights on the whirlwind of holiday shopping — Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
Major retailers like Walmart, Target, Amazon and Best Buy have already launched early deals, giving shoppers a head start on savings.
A record 186.9 million people plan to shop from midnight on Black Friday through Cyber Monday, according to a consumer survey by the National Retail Federation. The figure is up by more than 3 million total shoppers from last year's record.
The National Retail Federation forecast also calls for holiday spending to surpass $1 trillion for the first time, with sales predicted to grow between 3.7% and 4.2% from 2024.
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The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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