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Augusta brewery to offer a beer with a COVID-19 shot Cushnoc Brewing Co. is partnering with Waldo County General Hospital for a pop-up COVID-19 clinic on June 4 at the brewery's Annex on North Belfast Avenue. AUGUSTA — As incentives go, free beer is not a terrible one. As the strategy to administer COVID-19 inoculations in Maine shifts from mass vaccination sites to smaller clinics and pop-up locations, some organizations are getting creative in their choice of locations, which will involve ice cream shops, farmers markets and, well, beer. Cushnoc Brewing Co. is partnering with Waldo Count...

Amanda and Ryan Hill own a wrap shop near the Memorial Circle rotary in Augusta, but they'd always had their eye on downtown. That dream was about to come true a year ago when a closing on Water Street space was canceled as the pandemic hit. Timing is never good — the young couple have two toddlers and have worked hard to keep the sandwich shop open the past year — but when the Hills had another chance this spring on a downtown space this spring, they didn't hesitate. "I've been wanting to be down here since we moved here five years ago," Ryan Hill said Tuesday as he and Amanda set up ...

Seven of the nine apartments at 341 Water St. were leased before the apartments were officially listed Monday. Developer Matt Pouliot wasn't concerned about the other two earlier this week — there were 17 showings scheduled. "They'll be leased by the end of this week," Pouliot said as he stood in front of the 16,128-square-foot building that caps the southern end of Water Street. He and his wife, Heather, bought the building in 2018 and are just completing a renovation that is not only bringing more residents, but also commercial tenants, to downtown Augusta. The ground-floor commercial spa...

increase font size What will lifting the 9 p.m. curfew do for central Maine businesses? It’s hard to say Gov. Janet Mills says early closing time for businesses will cease Monday. Owners in central Maine say they are not sure what this will mean for their operations. Share Customers share a laugh in April 2019 during the weekly trivia night at Mainely Brews Restaurant & Brewhouse at 1 Post Office Square in downtown Waterville. Gov. Janet Mills has announced she is ending Maine’s 9 p.m. business curfew Monday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel file Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday s...