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In Westbrook, pre-fab panels speed construction on Seavey Crossing project

The following is an article from Mainebiz posted on November 12, 2025, by Tina Fischer   By using prefabricated wooden panels for walls, elevator shafts, floors and roofing, Lewiston-based Hebert Construction is consolidating building time on a 61-unit affordable senior housing project in Westbrook. Zach Whishman, Hebert’s project manager for the Avesta Housing apartment complex,…

Dirigo Federal Credit Union Taps Scarborough For Its Fifth Branch

The following is an article from Mainebiz posted on October 30, 2025, by Tina Fischer   Lewiston-based Dirigo Federal Credit Union is expanding customer service in Cumberland County with a new branch under construction on Payne Road in Scarborough, targeted to open for business this December. The new branch is the first for the 70-year-old…

New dirigo credit union location under construction from hebert construction

What do ever-hotter summers mean for Maine’s economy?

The following is an article from the Portland Press Herald posted on September 21, 2025, by Penelope Overton & Daniel Kool   PORTLAND — As the temperatures pushed 80 degrees at a job site in the West End early this month, about a dozen workers pulled ice pops out of a cooler. Some tore off the plastic…

Lewiston’s new Jubilee Center will expand space for critical community services

The following is an article from Mainebiz posted on June 5, 2025, by Tina Fischer   The Jubilee Center in Lewiston’s Trinity Church, which has been providing essential support services to lower-income residents for 30 years, has outgrown its rented space in the Episcopal church’s basement at 247 Bates St. and now has under construction…

Jubilee Center Under Construction

In Portland, Maine, 23 Residential Apartments Rise On A City Owned Parking Lot

The following is an article from Dwell posted on October 7, 2024, by Sarah Akkoush   Despite its centrally desirable location, the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, Maine, was historically home to industrial and municipal buildings—warehouses, scrap yards, and low-quality housing dominated the urban landscape for decades. In 2017, however, when Portland’s Public Works Department…

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Westbrook Residential Development Is Nation’s First To Use TimberHP Insulation

The following is an article from MaineBiz posted on January 29, 2024, by Laurie Schreiber A multi-income residential development in downtown Westbrook will be the first residential project in the nation to use TimberHP wood fiber insulation, according to a news release. In 2021, College of the Atlantic’s Davis Center for Human Ecology, in Bar…

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In Lewiston, first of planned Choice Neighborhood developments breaks ground

The following is an article from Mainebiz posted on July 27, 2023, by Peter Van Allen In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a program offering grants of $30 million each to cities to develop affordable housing. Lewiston was the smallest city to receive such a grant. On Monday, July 24,…

Several public figures breaking ground on a new project including Maine Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Senator Angus King