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Read Article An outline defines a natural resources survey around the proposed site of a new 20-megawatt solar array off Sabattus Street, noted top left, in Lewiston. The Boyle Associates survey is included in Old Mill Solar’s application in front of the Lewiston Planning Board.   LEWISTON — Solar developers from New York have proposed a 20-megawatt, 101-acre solar array off of Sabattus Street. The Planning Board will take up the $29.1 million project Monday night. “This is by far the biggest solar project we have in Lewiston; most of the other projects we’ve approved are anywhere ...

Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON — The owners of JAR Cannabis Co. need more stock to open more stores, so they’re investing $3.18 million to turn warehouse space on Westminster Street into a recreational grow facility and eventual company headquarters. Joel Pepin of Auburn, one of the three partners, said Wednesday that the size, zoning and utilities, as well as all three owners’ local connections, made the space a great choice. Joel Pepin stands inside JAR Cannabis Co.’s Windham medical marijuana storefront. Submitted photo “For us, the past couple of years, the company’s u...

3 of 3 Firefighters from Lewiston and Auburn respond Wednesday morning to a fire alarm at Strawberry Fields Apothecary on Strawberry Avenue in Lewiston. They knocked down flames in the building but were the fire moved into the ceiling. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON — The inspection of a medical marijuana dispensary in the wake of a Wednesday fire turned up possible code violations that could affect the operation of the business, a city official said. “As a result of the fire,” Planning and Code Enforcement Director David Hediger said Wednesday, “we did have one of the code enfo...

Read Article Dignitaries participate in a ceremony in October to officially kick off construction of Central Maine Health Care’s Cancer Care Center at High and Main streets in Lewiston. This week, city officials said the project is among $300 million in new economic development in 2020. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON — The value of projects either approved or in the development pipeline this year stands at more than $300 million, officials said at a City Council workshop this week. Nearly two-thirds of the value, however, is tied to a $200 million converter station for Central Ma...