AUGUSTA — This year, thousands of Maine workers from more than 300 businesses will have the opportunity to be nominated for a Next Step Maine Employee of Promise scholarship. To be eligible, employees must work for a business enrolled in Next Step Maine Employers’ Initiative and be pursuing a bachelor’s degree or associate degree or […]
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Jeffrey Allen
1948 – 2015 WATERFORD — Jeffrey Allen of Waterford, 67, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at home, with his wife by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 27, 1948, a son of Rex and Geraldine (Gallaway) Allen. Raised in Lovell, he graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1966 and attended […]
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Major power company signs on to wind and hydro transmission project through Maine
PORTLAND — National Grid, one of the region’s largest utilities, has signed on as a partner in a power transmission project that would link Maine wind projects and Canadian hydropower to population centers in New England. Massachusetts-based Anbaric Transmission and National Grid on Tuesday announced a partnership to pursue electricity transmission projects, including the 1,000-megawatt […]
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Cianbro looking for business overseas in Iceland, Greenland
PORTLAND (AP) — The head of Maine’s largest construction company is traveling to Iceland and Greenland in search of business opportunities. President and CEO of Cianbro Corp., Peter Vigue, leaves Monday on the week-long trip during which he will visit with political and businesses officials in both countries in the hopes of brokering business deals […]
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Cianbro to build platforms for Massachusetts off shore wind turbines
BOSTON — The developers of a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm announced a deal Monday with Siemens Energy Inc. to make, install and maintain the project’s turbines. Under the agreement, Siemens will build turbines for the project, as well as an offshore electric service platform. […]
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Cianbro says it is committed to east-west highway
PITTSFIELD — Plans for a proposed east-west highway continue to move forward despite a flurry of towns adopting measures to keep it away from their land, according to a leading proponent of the project. Darryl Brown, the Cianbro Corp. project manager for the east-west highway, said there is still no mapped route to divulge, as […]