Ellsworth

The project will document 272 buildings within the downtown district to identify underutilized spaces, redevelopment-ready properties and opportunities for upper-floor housing.

The designation creates opportunities for investment and supports local property owners through access to historic tax credits.

The owner of an Ellsworth brewery told Mainebiz he is now adding gas prices to the growing list of challenges he's been forced to reckon with over the past couple of years, wary of what rising costs could mean for the road ahead. 

Funds will be used to rehabilitate the Old Hancock County Sheriff’s Home and Jail, a 19th-century building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

“This project was about more than shingles and sheathing — it was about preserving the city’s story,” said Bill Fogle, the society’s president. 

The move, part of a revamp outlined last month that includes store upgrades and "tech-forward" digital banking, will leave the lender with 28 retail locations in Maine.

An estimated 12.5% of Maine’s population rely on SNAP benefits, though that percentage is higher in Androscoggin, Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis and Somerset counties.

A $13,000 fundraiser has kicked off to repair the roof of the official repository for Ellsworth’s archives and artifacts. Further stabilization will be needed.

The educational facility in Orono will have three times more classrooms than the current location, an employee daycare center, green space and facilities for trainings.

A hotel company with seven properties on Mount Desert Island looks to the mainland for its latest development.