Career and technical education schools in Norway, Biddeford, Lincoln and Mexico will share $15 million in funding to build new facilities or add to existing ones.
As part of the new Biden infrastructure program, rural communities in three Maine counties will receive $22 million to upgrade water and sewer systems.
From hitching posts and tin knocking to the latest digital point-of-sale technology, Towle’s Hardware has served the western Maine town of Dixfield for over a century. The new owner also has Freeport Hardware.
A total of over $5.1 million in financing will go to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in Penobscot, Oxford, Washington and Aroostook counties.
The new Portland Science Center, scheduled to open Sept. 4 on Maine Wharf after a couple months' delay, expects to draw about 100,000 visitors to the “Body Worlds” exhibit, according to organizers.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay was awarded a $298,674 National Science Foundation grant to study the interactions between viruses and the parasites that cause Dermo disease in oysters, clams and other bivalve organisms.