ELLSWORTH — Developer Jonathan Bates is adding to his portfolio with an expansion of Jefferson LUXE, an apartment complex on Jefferson Way off Beechland Road near The Jackson Laboratory. Ruger Properties, LLC received building permits from the city in April for two separate structures, one 11-unit building and one 12-unit building. Each is estimated to …
In addition to the initial $25,000 donation, Bangor Savings Bank has pledged a Challenge Grant effective through March 31, in which all community donations made to the PFAS Emergency Relief Fund will be matched up to $25,000, for a total of $50,000 gifted.
ROCKLAND — Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine has a new owner. Ted Ruegg has taken the helm as publisher of the magazine, which has been celebrating Maine boatbuilders and life on the coast for over three decades. Ruegg, whose family has longtime ties to Maine, has worked in the marine industry for 35 years, …
Jeff Gammelin, who founded Freshwater Stone in 1976 with his wife, Candy, said, “It’s the kind of project that opens up new job opportunities. We’re making an effort to get into restoration stonework.”
LAMOINE — Starlight Horse Farm in Lamoine will hold its fourth annual open house on Saturday, May 7, from noon-3 p.m. at the farm. Owners Cynthia and Debra Andrews, a mother/daughter team, offer equestrian vaulting – gymnastic dance in harmony with a moving horse, riding lessons and horse boarding. Vaulting is one of the seven …
The Denny’s, built in 1998 and shuttered in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sat vacant for two years while landowner 75 High Street LLC and Denny’s corporate headquarters settled the lease and put the building up for sale.
“Gifts, such as this one, together with the outstanding support that we have received from our volunteers, have made it possible to meet the challenges of the past few years and continue to grow and improve our excursions and educational programs,” says Tom Testa, the president of Downeast Scenic Railroad.
The future of the facility, which used new Fiberight-developed technology when it opened in mid-2019, has been uncertain after the previous owner, Coastal Resources of Maine, ran into financing issues and closed the plant down in May 2020.
ELLSWORTH — As part of its sustainability strategy and in recognition of Earth Month, Hannaford Supermarkets has announced its plan to be fully powered by renewable energy by 2024. Supermarkets are energy intensive due to simultaneous needs of heating and cooling. To reduce energy consumption and make the best use of the energy being used, …
Dennis and Margaret “Peg” Rackliffe, owners of the multi-generation business Rackliffe Pottery on the Ellsworth Road in Blue Hill, pause momentarily in front of their kiln last week. The couple are selling the property. The closing is scheduled for June 8. Beginning in 1968, Dennis’s father and mother, Philip and Phyllis, began producing their own pottery …
ELLSWORTH — U-Haul has purchased two former Maine Storage Plus facilities to better meet the moving and self-storage demands of Hancock County residents. The properties were acquired on Feb. 28. U-Haul Moving & Storage of Northwest Ellsworth is located at 349 Bangor Road and will be managed by on-site personnel. U-Haul Moving & Storage of …
BOOTHBAY — American Aquafarms’ two incomplete lease applications to raise 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually at two sites near Bald Ledge and Long Porcupine Island in Frenchman Bay have been terminated by both the Maine Department of Marine Resources and the Maine Department of Enivoronmental Protection. The DMR cited the Norwegian-backed company’s apparent …
