An anonymous donor has given $10 million to the University of Maine in Orono for a new engineering building, the largest gift ever by a living donor, university officials said Monday. The gift is from the family of a graduate of the engineering program at UMaine who has asked not to be identified at this […]
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CES Inc. receives state award
LEWISTON — CES Inc., a provider of civil, environmental, structural and traffic engineering, was one of six Maine firms that recently received recognition by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Maine. The 2016 Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony at the University of Southern Maine was a prelude to the national ACEC competition for the most innovative […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Gould Academy offers summer boarding camps
BETHEL — Parents thinking of sending their children to a summer camp in Western Maine have a variety of weeklong offerings to choose from at Gould Academy, including two new ones. Most of the programs are for middle school-age children. All of the summer programs, which started June 28 and end Aug. 30, include boarding […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury residents approve $58,650 of engineering work at annual town meeting
ROXBURY — Residents voted Monday evening to allow the town to raise and appropriate $58,650 in engineering work. The money is for a new salt and sand shed, $16,400; a new retaining wall at Ellis Pond, $6,650; a new bridge on Main Street, $19,000; and dry hydrants, $16,600. Several residents voiced dissatisfaction with how much money […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Lachman Architects & Planners to receive award for restoration of historic opera house
NORWAY — Lachman Architects & Planners of Portland has been selected by Maine Preservation to receive a Historic Preservation Honor Award for commercial-restoration/rehabilitation of the Norway Opera House. The award, which will be presented at a dinner in Falmouth on Thursday, Nov. 14, honors some of the finest preservation projects in the state. In late […]
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Auburn councilors like new Public Works, recreation model
AUBURN — Combining the Public Works, Engineering, Parks and Recreation departments and city arborist under one department may not save money for the city, but it would make the operation work more efficiently, the city manager told councilors Monday. “In my opinion, the biggest efficiency you will see is that you have better leveraged resources,” […]