Tag: Mills

Sanford Mills gets $5.5M EPA boost for brownfield cleanup to spur redevelopment

SANFORD, Maine — The city’s efforts to revitalize its historic mill yard recently got a $5.5 million boost via two newly awarded grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The funds, called brownfields grants, will be used to conduct several phases of assessment at 22 sites in Sanford’s downtown mill yard. Specifically, efforts will focus […]

Do you know about the old mill’s ‘colorful’ history in Utah?

SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — You’ve heard about the proposed plans look to demolish Utah’s iconic Old Mill — and it seems the building is closer to a fate of destruction. ABC4’s Craig Wirth was at the mill decades ago and gathered pictures and advertisements back when it was a speak-easy nightclub … and […]

Jamie Ray Mills executed in Atmore—what his final day looked like

ATMORE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Department of Corrections announced the execution of death row inmate Jamie Ray Mills was carried out on Thursday night. Mills was executed at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, and he was pronounced dead by a physician at 6:26 p.m. On Wednesday, Mills had six visitors and […]

Mills appoints longtime deputy as acting commissioner of DHHS

May 24—Gov. Janet Mills has appointed a longtime deputy to temporarily replace outgoing Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew. Sara Gagné-Holmes, who has been Lambrew’s deputy commissioner for the last five years, will serve as acting commissioner of the state’s largest department beginning June 1. “Deputy Commissioner Gagné-Holmes brings a wealth of […]

Mills appoints longtime deputy to lead DHHS

May 24—Gov. Janet Mills has appointed a longtime deputy to replace outgoing Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew. Sara Gagné-Holmes, who has been Lambrew’s deputy commissioner for the last five years, will serve as acting commissioner of the state’s largest department beginning June 1. “Deputy Commissioner Gagné-Holmes brings a wealth of experience […]

Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms

May 20—Gov. Janet Mills is creating a commission to help Maine rebuild from a string of winter storms that caused an estimated $90 million in damage and to develop a long-term infrastructure resilience plan to prepare for more climate-driven disasters in the future. “The time is now for immediate steps to strengthen (our) ability to […]