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April 24, 2017 Edition
Focus on Health Care & Wellness

Corporate teams blend work and (hopefully) fun

Laurie Schreiber

As corporate challenges become more widespread, there's a another key factor that goes with the charitable giving: team building.

  • How To's
    How To's

    How to: Count steps and create a healthier, happier workplace

    Andrew Silsby

    Keeping track of exercise and activity levels using fitness trackers has become immensely popular over the last few years. Harnessing this popularity in the workplace has benefits that reach far beyond physical fitness.

  • How To's
    How To's

    How to: Manage passionate and emotional employees

    Nancy Marshall

    When I was in my 20s, fresh out of Colby College, I was even more full of ideas and energy than I am now. I came to work every day brimming with new ideas on how to make things better, sell more and do more.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    New challenges for HR professional

    As if Maine businesses didn't already have their hands full trying to find employees, along come some new challenges.

Today's Poll

Should Portland cap the number of hotels allowed?
Poll Description

Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.

In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.

With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing. 

Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.

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