A series of cold calls identified the opportunities. Many people who built self-storage facilities years ago didn’t realize what they would be worth today.
The grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are intended to help the processors modernize so they can pursue new markets and better meet customer demand.
With the state’s initial program to install fast-charging stations for electric vehicles along a corridor from border to border complete, the next phase has started — to fill in the gaps.
The state and Efficiency Maine are partnering to install more electric vehicle charging stations as a way to reduce carbon emissions, lower costs for Mainers and boost tourism.
The renovation project was featured on "Maine Cabin Masters," and the trust hopes rent money from the eco-cabins will help maintain and improve the Wakefield Wildlife Santuary in West Gardiner.
The Kennebec Land Trust's Wakefield Wildlife Sanctuary is quiet this time of year — the 115 acres on Cobbossee Stream in West Gardiner don't have any developed trails yet, or even a parking area.
Finding yourself getting a headache from trying to make sense of the ins-and-outs of regulations for fishing in Maine? Well, there's an app for that thanks to one enterprising West Gardiner fisherman.