Despite initial plans to convert the building into senior housing, new owners Bella Point Holdings LLC have decided to reopen the historic inn as an “upscale hotel,” according to the buyer’s broker. The hotel sold at auction for $1.6 million.
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How Maine’s delegation voted this past week
Congressional votes for the week of Dec. 18-24, 2020
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Franklin Memorial Hospital administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to front-line caregivers
Farmington, Maine – Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) administered the first vaccinations for COVID-19 to its front-line caregivers today after receiving a shipment of 500 Moderna doses this morning. At approximately 1:15 p.m. Melody Hill, BSN, RN, became the first care team member at Franklin Memorial Hospital to receive the vaccine. Hill is a nurse who has […]
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South Parish Congregational Church hosts curbside dinner; had 240 delivery meals
Over 40 volunteers helped put on the event, all helping in different ways.
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First Maine prison inmate dies of COVID-19
The inmate, whom prison officials won’t name, was at Mountain View in Charleston.
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King, Pingree blast Trump pardons
Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree called recent pardons of Trump associates ‘straight-up corruption’ by a ‘morally bankrupt president.’
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Portland school board votes to give workers $18-an-hour minimum wage hazard pay
The city has said it will wait to enforce the hazard pay provision in the minimum wage referendum approved by voters in November, but the school board voted Tuesday to implement the provision retroactively to Dec. 3.
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Maine shatters another COVID-19 record, reports 748 new cases
The Maine CDC recorded 8 more deaths, but noted that many of the new cases were from a test results backlog that the agency has begun to process and enter into the case reporting system.
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What airlines, other industries get in $900 billion relief bill
Congress’ pandemic relief package covers a lot of ground.
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State employees union files complaint over COVID-19 information sharing
The Maine Service Employees Union, which represents thousands of state government workers, says it has been requesting the information from the Mills administration since the summer.