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A Maine university launches online MBA option to up the resume
Peter Van Allen March 20, 2025The University of New England College of Business will offer concentrations in health care administration, supply chain management and sports leadership and management.
Peter Van Allen March 20, 2025
Maine Maritime Academy selects president with background in private industry
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2025The appointment comes at a 'pivotal moment,' when the U.S. is experiencing the largest shortage in licensed mariners since World War II.
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2025
Business Leaders: UNE president James Herbert ready to take on higher ed challenges
Alexis Wells Updated: March 24, 2025The University of New England president has been instrumental in shaping the university and serving as a leader in Maine.
Alexis Wells Updated: March 24, 2025
With help from Collins, USDA restores funding for the University of Maine System
Alexis Wells March 12, 2025The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted millions in research dollars for public universities in Maine for alleged gender-related civil rights violations.
Alexis Wells March 12, 2025
Maine's clean energy workforce is growing, but more workers are needed
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 11, 2025Maine’s clean energy workforce reached nearly 15,600 jobs in 2023, growing at a rate nearly twice that of the state’s overall workforce since 2019. But employee recruitment and retention remain a challenge.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 11, 2025
Midcoast boat shop’s interim director brings wilderness medicine background
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 10, 2025The longtime wilderness instructor and nonprofit leader said his belief in the power of hands-on, community-based learning syncs with the mission of the Carpenter's Boat Shop in Pemaquid.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 10, 2025
Maine Sea Grant program funding is being 'renegotiated'
Tina Fischer March 7, 2025U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is working with the Dept. of Commerce to restore federal funding for the Maine Sea Grant program, but the department says the program must meet with Trump administration guidelines.
Tina Fischer March 7, 2025
Graduates of UMaine nursing program boost primary care in rural areas
Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2025A four-year, $1.9 million federal grant to UMaine aims to produce more nurse practitioners who will care for patients in rural, underserved areas.
Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2025
A Consigli general superintendent joins Maine Community College System board
Tina Fischer March 3, 2025Construction executive Stacey Harris has been appointed to serve on the board of the Maine Community College system.
Tina Fischer March 3, 2025
UMF and outdoor recreation industry launch workforce development program
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 20, 2025The University of Maine at Farmington recently launched an initiative designed to help meet the state’s current and future needs for skilled outdoor recreation professionals.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 20, 2025
A Maine university launches environmental engineering programs
Alexis Wells February 19, 2025Unity Environmental University will offer an online degree in environmental engineering and environmental process engineering.
Alexis Wells February 19, 2025
A Maine scholarship foundation adds 4 colleges for tuition support
Renee Cordes February 19, 2025The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, based in Rockland, provides multi-year scholarships to Maine public high school graduates who attend one of its partner colleges.
Renee Cordes February 19, 2025
Proposed bill looks to start forest products workforce training at age 16
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 18, 2025The proposal would allow 16-year-olds to work in their families’ logging businesses under parental supervision — something already possible on farms but illegal in the logging industry.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 18, 2025
Bar Harbor college becomes first nationwide to eliminate disposable plastic food containers
Laurie Schreiber February 13, 2025The Bar Harbor school lis committed to becoming fossil fuel-free by 2030 and phasing out single-use plastics.
Laurie Schreiber February 13, 2025
Husson University to offer degrees in growing niche fields
Alexis Wells February 11, 2025An online degree in professional health sciences is among the programs to be offered.
Alexis Wells February 11, 2025
Rockland nonprofit launches toolkit to aid transition to electric marine propulsion
Laurie Schreiber February 6, 2025The Island Institute is looking to help marine business and coastal municipalities transition to electric marine propulsion and away from traditional diesel motors.
Laurie Schreiber February 6, 2025
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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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Work for ME
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