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LEWISTON Development of a $200 million station that will convert and transmit hydropower from Canada was unanimously approved by the Planning Board on Monday.
The station, considered a centerpiece of the controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project, was given conditional use approval by the board, and according to city staff, site work will begin soon.
City Planner Doug Greene said that with Monday’s approvals, subcontractors on the project will receive the go-ahead to begin building an access road and clear trees for the station, which will be located at 1651-1653 Main St. and 183 Merrill Road Rear.
The project is in close proximity to a Central Maine Power substation on Larrabee Road, which is also due to receive upgrades as part of the overall NECEC transmission line. According to a Planning Board memo, the access road for the new station will traverse an existing CMP line to a 54-acre parcel purchased for the NECEC project.
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Co-owner Chun Lin stands Tuesday in the kitchen of his Lucky Tree Buffet restaurant in Lewiston, which is opening Friday. His wife, Li Ying Lu, stands behind him at the grill.
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First: A $7 million entree.
The Auburn Planning Board has approved a $7 million, 4.990-megawatt solar array proposed for inactive apple orchard land at 1040 Perkins Ridge Road.
An aerial map of the 1040 Perkins Ridge Road solar project by Borrego Solar Systems Inc., submitted with its application to the Auburn Planning Board.
The project by 978 Solar Development, a subsidiary of Borrego Solar Systems Inc., would sit on 18.9 acres leased from Apple Ridge Farms, according to the application, which also lists a completion date of summer/fall 2021.
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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.
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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 Maine Power’s controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project, which has not yet received approval.
teresa, a veteran prince georges county bus driver arrested after police say she purposely rammed her bus into this building. three of her coworkers who were inside were injured and taken to the hospital. so what prompted this rage? sources say douglas went to her supervisor wednesday to report she was being harassed by one of her coworkers. management and the school system had a meeting with her friday. during that meeting, management informed her that they did an investigation, but they didn t find any evidence of any harassment. so monday, douglas went to court to get a peace order against the coworker. but the judge dismissed the case. it s our understanding that she was upset about that decision. while she was in court, the coworker she was mad with was transferred to another location. then wednesday morning at 5:45 when douglas came to work. she got into her bus and drove that bus into a trailer. that trailer is like a portable building, a makeshift trailer, a
his smile would light the room up. and everybody loved him. tonight, the family of a local soldier killed in afghanistan recounts what made him special. good evening i m jim vance. and i m doreen gentzler. august has been the deadliest month for u.s. troops in afghanistan since the war there began. 66 families have been notified that their loved ones died this month. 65 families are dealing with the grief that the greene family in virginia is feeling. this evening they sat down with jackie bensen. reporter: just hours earlier they were in delaware where the body of army specialist douglas greene was returned home to the united states. the family of the 23-year-old loudoun county man takes comfort and pride that two other soldiers were not on that plane. they are injured by alive because doug greene took care of those around him. i think that the fire fight that doug got stuck in on sunday the other fellow first came into play. my guess is that he was moving around and