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V O L . X X V I I I N O. I X M AY 2 , 2 0 2 2 10 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E Stonewall Kitchen opened the Stonewall Home Company Store, lo- cated at the company's campus head- quarters at 2 Stonewall Lane in York. The city of Portland said Standard & Poor's Global Ratings raised its credit rating on all of Portland's general obli- gation debt up to 'AAA' from 'AA+'. Goodwill Northern New England in Gorham announced that it is invest- ing $1.5 million in new methods of storing and transporting clothing and household donations to reduce waste. The organization will start the process of eliminating big cardboard boxes and wooden pallets to move items and large metal racks to store the boxes and will now will use sus- tainable materials that are safer for employees, waste less material and save money. Children's museum takes a step forward e Children's Discovery Museum of Central Maine has launched a $350,000 capital campaign to com- plete the $1.6 million construction of its new home in Waterville. e museum, which has been serving the area for nearly 30 years, has already come up with more than $1.2 mil- lion from a variety of private, non- profit and government funders. e build-out includes the creation of new exhibits and updates to a former church building the museum pur- chased in November 2020 at 7 Eustis Parkway. e museum aims to open by the end of this year, but no firm date has been set, Keys said. Once open, the museum's annual budget is estimated to be $300,000. e museum's new facility will be roughly three times the size of the previous one in Augusta. N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N Norway Savings Bank announced that a report, issued by Secure RMS, a document destruction company in Sanford, recognized the bank as a socially responsible business that has collected and processed 397,475 pounds (198.74 tons) of paper for recycling since 2010. 100% EMPLOYEE OWNED WORKING WITH BUSINESSES & COMMUNITIES to serve their engineering, environmental & surveying needs ME, MA, FL | HALEYWARD.COM | 207.989.4824 There is simply no substitute for good judgment and getting things right the first time. That's where Drummond Woodsum attorneys Dan Rose, Pete Felmly, Tom Trenholm, Allen Kropp, Michael Buescher, S. Campbell Badger and Elek Miller can help. A group of highly specialized attorneys focused on providing human resource professionals with the guidance they need in dealing with personnel matters. We practice law differently. Since 1965. Workplace Solutions for Maine Employers dwmlaw.com dwmlaw.com | 800.727.1941 800.727.1941 C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N

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