LEWISTON — The city is hoping the third time is the charm. The City Council gave approval Tuesday for city staff to again apply for a U.S. Department of Environmental Protection grant to remove lead, asbestos and other contaminants at Bates Mill No. 5. Lewiston was not successful the last two times it applied, but […]
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George H.W. Bush called Lewiston-Auburn home during WWII
LEWISTON — You may not know this, but former President George H.W. Bush had connections to Lewiston-Auburn. In 1945 during World War II, he and his wife, Barbara Bush, lived in the Twin Cities while he was getting Navy flight training at the Auburn airport. In 1948, George “Poppy” and Barbara Bush, then students at […]
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Tax filing: Retiring Lewiston CEO got bonus despite hospital woes
New 2016 documents also show past financial troubles, spending cuts and salaries at CMMC parent. LEWISTON — When longtime CEO Peter Chalke retired in 2016 from Central Maine Healthcare, its flagship hospital was millions of dollars in the red and Medicare penalized it for the first time for having infection and complication rates that were […]
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Lewiston Farmers’ Market extends hours of operation
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Farmers’ Market has extended hours and will have a longer season at its Bates Mill 5 summer location. Now operating from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the market will be open every Sunday through Oct. 28. The market occurs weekly in the municipal parking lot on the corner of Lincoln and […]
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AVCOG gets $800,000 for local environmental cleanup
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments was awarded $800,000 to clean up local hazardous waste sites Wednesday, part of $3.2 million split by 10 communities in Maine. Funds could eventually go toward projects such as cleanup at Bates Mill No. 5. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the federal funds from […]
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Council approves three more years for Bates Mill redevelopment
LEWISTON — A redevelopment effort at Bates Mill No. 5 will get at least another three years, after the City Council approved an agreement with developer Tom Platz on Tuesday night. The agreement gives Platz exclusive rights to buy the 350,000-square-foot building for $1, but also leaves the door open for another developer to take […]
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Bates Mill No. 5 — what comes next?
The Bates Mill Complex, which stretches from Chestnut Street to Main Street, was acquired by the city of Lewiston in 1992 when Bates fell behind on payment of its real estate taxes. At that time, studies were conducted by the city, concluding that investing in redevelopment was the preferred option over incurring the cost of […]
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Say goodbye to Bates Mill #5
There has been many years of discussion about the fate of Bates Mill No. 5 — fill it up, tear it down. I think the taxpayers of Lewiston should get to decide its future. Sell it for a dollar and walk away. When the city sold the other mill buildings, the city should have just […]
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Tom Platz hopes to redevelop Bates Mill 5, one half at a time
LEWISTON — When prospective tenants tour the Bates Mill Complex — and at least three companies have in the last month — Tom Platz asks how soon they might like to move in. Six to eight months, Mill 2 could work. Ten months to a year, maybe Mill 1. If they’ve got two years, he […]
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Lewiston might extend Bates Mill No. 5 redevelopment effort by three years
LEWISTON — Bates Mill No. 5, the hulking, former mill building at the city’s gateway, could have at least three years added to its long history. The City Council is scheduled to vote next week to extend a redevelopment option with Platz Associates after consecutive, one-year extensions have come and gone without significant movement on […]