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V O L . X X I I I N O. X I X A U G U S T 2 1 , 2 0 1 7 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 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Community Concepts Inc. in Lewiston a total of $5.2 million for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs it provides in multiple locations in Oxford and Franklin counties. The American Logger's Council in Augusta announced that the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands in Augusta will lead a national ef- fort to promote the Master Logger Certifi cation program. The certifi cation can only be earned by loggers who are harvesting professionally and sustain- ably and adhering to the highest stan- dards of conduct. In Damariscotta, controversy over proposal grows A standing-room-only crowd attended a Damariscotta Planning Board meeting in early August to hear details of Commercial Properties Inc. CEO Daniel Catlin's proposal for a mixed-use complex on Main Street. Days after a group of residents proposed a moratorium on construc- tion, the planning board outlined plans for the mixed-use development, which would include three buildings totaling , square feet. " is is one of the largest developments we've had in Damariscotta. It's going to be a lengthy ordeal," planning board chair Jonathan Eaton said, according to the Lincoln County News. Catlin's plan would include three buildings: one of , square feet that would include two retail stores, a second of , square feet with three retail spaces and a third, ,-square-foot space for a bank with a drive-thru. e Lincoln County News reported earlier that, shortly before the plan- ning board meeting, Damariscotta residents have submitted a petition to the town requesting a six-month moratorium on the development of retail buildings larger than , square feet. Mechanization, market glut mean fewer blueberry workers Less than half of the traditional migrant workforce is expected this month in Washington County for the blueberry harvest. e Ellsworth American reported the workforce number is down due to a decrease in hiring. e decrease is due in part to a shift from traditional harvesting by hand to machine harvesting, as well as the industry-wide oversupply of blue- berries from last year and competi- tion both from Canada's wild blue- berry market and from the cultivated blueberry market. e combined factors are pressuring Maine's wild blueberry growers to sell o existing inventory. e situation is expected to impact other businesses, such as grocery stores where workers shop. Bruce Mathews, who owns the C.H. Mathews grocery store in Cherry eld, told the paper he thinks stores in the surrounding towns will have a hard time. Without the blueberry factories, he said, "this store wouldn't be here, I'll tell you that," Mathews said. N O T E W O R T H Y M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T Lyman-Morse, a custom boatbuilder and service provider in Camden, opened a brokerage and project management offi ce at Dysart's Great Harbor Marina in Southwest Harbor. National Science Foundation awarded $1.2 million to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay to help fund a proj- ect titled, "Collaborative Research: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean." A college degree for under $10K at UMPI e University of Maine at Presque Isle will launch a program this fall aimed at helping students earn their degree. UMPI, which this week introduced the Competency Based Education bachelor of business admin- istration, claims to be the rst public university in New England to o er a pathway to a degree for under ,. e program allows students to apply past college credit, prior learning and prior work experience toward a degree. Instead of college courses, it o ers "competencies." e cost per semester is , for both in- and out-of-state students. e program, which launches in the fall semester, is limited to stu- dents at least years old who hold a A Division of Bangor Savings Bank OUR CUSTOMERS ENJOY FREE ATMs * WORLDWIDE Open an account today at your nearest branch or online at bangor.com *For certain international ATM withdrawals, due to technical limitations, we will automatically reimburse $3.00 of an ATM fee charged. In those instances where the fee exceeds $3.00, please bring your ATM transaction receipt to any Bangor Savings Bank branch for the remaining reimbursement. Please ask for further details before traveling abroad. Member FDIC A Division of Bangor Savings Bank DO YOU? M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T N O R T H E R N & E A S T E R N

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