“It’s a highly desirable segment,” broker Dennis Wheelock said of properties leased to the USPS. The Bryant Pond location includes a 14-foot-tall sculpture of a hand-crank telephone.
Brahms Mount, most of whose products are made from cotton, is now owned by a blanket maker whose products are wool. The buyer plans to retain all Maine employees.
Maine Law and the University of Maine System graduate offices make the temporary move to 300 Fore St. official; Maine Preservation says good-bye to director Greg Paxton and hello to Tara Kelly; Kennebec Land Trust brings its holdings to 7,200 acres.
The funding, to be matched by the recipients own money, will pay for equipment, infrastructure and other necessities to increase the farms' sales to wholesalers.
Maine’s summer camps are a $200 million industry, with more than 150 camps, 40,000 campers and 12,000 employees. This year only 24 of the businesses are open or plan to open, with some finding new markets.
DFD Medical Center will use the USDA Rural Development Critical Facilities Loan to expand its Leeds clinic and allow room for added psychiatric services. The nonprofit also has clinics in Turner and Monmouth, and serves 8,000 patients.
The partnership with Leeds-based DFD Russell Medical Centers will give patients in rural areas of Androscoggin and Kennebec counties more access to services at CMH's Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute.
The Small Business Development Center program, with 22 locations in Maine, offers free resources to small business owners. New legislation authorizes more money for the program and allows the centers to market themselves.