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A multi-genre Maine artist who discovered new creative possibilities with neon sculpture in recent years is going all in on the medium with the establishment of a dedicated studio in Portland. Charlie Hewitt bought 67 Brentwood St., in Portland’s Deering Center neighborhood, from Gail Diamon for $425,000.  Loren Ayer of Harborview Properties and Kate Carey of Vitalius Real Estate Group brokered the deal, which closed July 1. The property comprises a one-story, 6,240-square-foot retail buildi...

Developers want to transform Lewiston mill into new housing Share Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jun 4, 2021 Share Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jun 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JOINS US THERE LIVE - ALICE, WHAT COULD THIS PROJECT LOOK LIKE? GOOD AFTERNOON - THIS 72-UNIT HOUSING PROJECT IS CALLED PICKER HOUSE LOFTS, AND IT WOULD INHABIT áPART OF THELD O CONTINENTAL MILL. THE PROJECT ACCOMPLISHES TWO OF THE CITYS GOALS - ADDING MORE MIXED- INCOME HOUSING, AND REVITALIZI...

A 72-unit, mixed-income housing development is proposed for a 79,000-square-foot building that’s part of the larger 560,000-square-foot Continental Mill complex. The TIF would help the developer cover a $1 million funding gap in the $16.8 million proposal.

Read Article 100 Years Ago: 1921 Lisbon Falls and Durham yesterday adopted daylight saving and the Pejepscot paper company has decided to put all of the mills, Topsham,  Pejepscot and Lisbon, on the new time. Saturday the town of Brunswick will hold a special town meeting to consider adopting daylight all the time. The banks, stores and all departments catering to the public are already on daylight time changing when Portland put it into effect. The town clock is still running on standard tim...

Let’s start with the axes. First up: Splittin’ Wood Axe Throwing is coming to the Lewiston Mall. Christopher and Julie Nichols are opening in the former Olympia Sports space later this summer, offering six lanes of targets, plus pizza. The city council also approved a liquor license last month. The couple has set a two-beer maximum while throwing. “It seems like (the mall) is coming back,” said Christopher Nichols on Thursday. “Driving for FedEx, I’ve seen all the vacant areas and �...

The Continental Mill along the Androscoggin River in Lewiston is seen in the aerial photo from 2019. Sun Journal file photo LEWISTON — The Historic Preservation Review Board on Thursday afternoon unanimously approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for a potential new development at the Continental Mill: Picker House Lofts. Szanton Monks Properties is behind the 72-unit mixed income housing project at 2 Cedar St. and has a purchase and sale agreement in place with Chinburg Properties for 7...

Pingree, Golden unveil earmark requests for federal funding of 20 Maine projects Share Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden have unveiled their list of requests for Congressional earmarks, the member-requested federal funding initiatives that are returning to Congress after a decade-long ban. Under new rules designed to avoid corruption and abuse, each House member is allowed to request 10 earmarks to benefit nonprofits and governmental entities – but not private firms – in their district...

Read Article Right after graduating high school and prior to becoming an architect, I went to work in the Mill No. 5, through the help of my father, who was a millwright employed at the Bates Mill facility. My position was a washing machine operator, washing the many bedspreads that were being made in Mill No. 5. The most popular was the Martha Washington iconic spread, which kept the washing unit very busy. The Martha Washington was the most popular spread for many years. And it still is — ...

Read Article Several local residents, one an actual doctor, wheel a gurney down a hallway Saturday evening at the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston during the filming of a movie. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal AUBURN — Beth Morrison, an Auburn native who started her theater career at the Community Little Theatre and worked her way to forming her own opera and music theater production company, is returning home to shoot scenes for a movie 10 years in the making. For the next 10 days, Morrison and...

18 of 18 Bates Manufacturing workers inspect the quality of the fabrics for missed loops or errors in this vintage photo. Photo courtesy Museum L-A LEWISTON — About 100 years after it opened in 1850, Bates Manufacturing tried measuring its economic impact by paying workers with $2 bills one week and asking gas stations, groceries stores and doctors’ offices to report back. The bills popped up everywhere. Some 5,000 people worked three shifts in the long brick complex, George H. W. and Bar...