Maine looks to reuse old industrial buildings
Augusta Maine United Press International reports a Maine plan to convert derelict mills and factories into modern industrial space. The New Uses for Old Buildings Project targets 63 sites with high unemployment, seeking energy efficient renovations and potential funding from regional and federal panels.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Avon
Indiana
Maine Department of Commerce and Industry
DCI
Richard Kelso
Kelso
Heads for the woods for a Christmas tree
Pascoag Rhode Island reporter notes families can visit Christmas tree farms to choose a live, cut your own tree from spruce fir and pine groves. Colin Hyde operates a 15 acre Smithfield farm since 1968 drawing hundreds of visitors. trees take 8 to 10 years to mature, with prices around 1.25 per foot this year.
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UPI
Dad
Colin Hyde
Smithfield
F.I
Hyde
Dorothy
Conservation
Natural Resources Department
Cooperative Extension Service
Rhode Island
Seaboard
Pioneering Skiing in New Hampshire's White Mountains
Carroll Reed transformed the eastern White Mountains into a ski hub after importing instructor Benno Rybizka in 1936. He built a ski school in Jackson, launched a shop and mail order business, and helped make downhill skiing a major regional draw, earning praise from Danish and Norwegian royalty for his imports.
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N.H
UPI
Carroll Reed
Benno Rybizka
Austria
New Hampshire
Reed
White Mountains
Boston
Arnold Arboretum
White Mountain
North Conway Memorial Hospital
C. Harold Shedd
Rybizka
Jackson
Saks
Fifth Avenue
Sun Valley
Idaho
Katharine
North Conway
Denmark
Norway
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