The deal – for suborbital launches and release of cremated ashes viewable via recorded virtual reality technology – commits $1.4 million for each of five launches.
The proposed Maine SpacePort — a complex that could include a commercial rocket launch site in Limestone and “mission control” in Brunswick — got a boost Tuesday from the award of $1.2 million in new federal funding.
The operation will include a manufacturing facility and mission control. The Washington County town has “the right geography, the right people and the right attitude,” said one local leader.
After talks with one Downeast town fell through, the company has issued a request-for-information to identify communities and development groups with other potential lift-off sites.
The second round of Maine Farm Emergency Grants, distributed by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and Maine Farmland Trust, will help farms adjust to new business models and supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic.
The town of Steuben could soon be home to the seventh cosmetology school in the state of Maine, as Linda Maclean Dunbar, the former owner and operator of the Hair Palace in Steuben and Corea, has announced her plans to open a school in the Washington County community.
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