News Items
12/13/07
International Paper donated a house once used as the company's Livermore Falls forest resources office to the Western Maine Paper & Heritage Museum. The museum, at 22 Church Street in Livermore Falls, will showcase artifacts and exihibits relating to Maine's papermaking legacy.
11/21/07
Richard Batt, Franklin Community Health Network President, announces that The Federal Communications Commission has dedicated $3.6 million for the construction of a regional broadband telehealth network under the Rural Health Care Pilot Program(RHCPP).
10/05/07
The Maine Development Foundation recognized Greater Franklin Development Corp. for its dedication to sustainable economic growth, with the Champions of Economic Development award.
09/18/07
Lafrance Hospitality held a ground breaking ceremony at the site of their new Comfort Inn & Suites along Routes 2 & 4 in Wilton. The hotel is slated to open in June 2008. Click here for photos.
09/08/07
NotifyMD held a flag raising ceremony and employee recognition day at its Farmington center, to celebrate six months of operating as the company's highest performing call center. Currently the call center employs 40 people. NotifyMD hopes to be at full capacity with 120 jobs within two years.
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08/28/07
Wilton residents overwhelmingly decided to create a Tax Increment Financing District for a three-story Comfort Inn, located on Routes 2 & 4 at the Wilton-Farmington town line.
08/21/07
The University of Maine at Farmington plans to build a new 150-seat performing arts center. The new center is being built with the help of a five million dollar gift to UMF from an anonymous donor.
07/11/07
Pike Agri-Lab Supplies, Inc. in Jay was awarded a seed grant from MTI. Pike Agri-Lab Supplies, Inc. will develop a prototype of a wireless sensor network for a composting temperature profiling probe to include a handheld LCD and online applications to analyze data.
07/11/07
Joshua Wojcik in Perkins Township will develop a business plan for a structural insulated panel (SIP) manufacturing operation.
07/11/07
The Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), in a unanimous vote, awarded preliminary approval to the Berry family's 10-year, $150 million expansion plan for Saddleback. Catherine Carroll, Director of LURC, has said that this is the largest project that they have seen. Read Mainebiz article
06/14/07
MTI gives microSpectral Sensors, LLC of Wilton a development award in the amount of $349,556. The company will embed its integrated and miniaturized spectral sensors into a commercial sampling platform for inline, real time composition and purity measurements of liquid streams.
05/17/07
Mike Smiley Timberframes in New Sharon is awarded a $10,000 seed grant from MTI. They will be constructing and testing a new type of CNC woodworking machine.