Portland is selling the last city-owned property at Fort McKinley to a developer who plans to restore the building and create 9 condos.
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Bowdoinham to lift its historic Town Hall next week
After previous efforts to fund the repair of the decaying Town Hall failed, Bowdoinham is starting the process of repairing the foundation of the 201-year-old building with future renovation plans in the works.
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The secret to Norway’s economic success? Historic preservation. Please thank Andrea Burns.
NORWAY — Imagine Main Street in South Paris without McLaughlin Garden and Homestead. Picture a gaping hole on Main Street in Norway where its renowned Opera House stands. Then there is the Fox School in South Paris, where generations of children learned and grew, and now provides housing for generations to come. Think about the rebirth […]
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Topsham foreman rolls massive train into and out of state museum, 37 years apart
Todd Belaire of The Cote Corp. of Auburn returned this week to the Maine State Museum in Augusta to undo work he had done in 1986.
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Androscoggin County commission considers future of landmark building in Auburn
Officials discuss whether the county can afford to remain in the historic County Building.
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Portland orders restaurant to remove antique doors over ‘false sense of history’
Papi imported doors from Puerto Rico, but the city says the doors must come down because they don’t honor the history of the Exchange Street building. Some residents say it’s unfair.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Preservation group tours Albany home
ALBANY — “I have a soft spot for the Plain Jane homes that were built modestly and have a very simple kind of energy to them. That’s what we want to preserve.” said Clare McDermott of the 1840 cape cod style ‘utilitarian’ home she and husband, Bryan Spencer, bought in the fall of 2020. On […]
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Plans for Augusta bagel shop in former mill building draw praise for community focus
Sand Hill Bagel Co. developers hope the shop, which is slated to open next spring in the last remaining building of the former mill, will become one with the neighborhood and city park.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Chesterville home added to National Register of Historic Places
Anstiss Morrill, the current homeowner, said she is excited that the National Register is “preserving the history” of the home first built in 1810 by her great, great, great grandfather, David.
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Renewing Bates’ ‘cherished place’
With Lisbon glass expert Jim Nutting fixing its stained-glass windows, the 107-year-old chapel at Bates College sparkles more than ever after a two-year renovation.