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Sanford furthers downtown revitalization with Westside Village road improvements
Updated: June 14, 2021The city plans to invest nearly $2.3 million in roadway improvements that make up part of a larger downtown revitalization effort. The improvements build “momentum toward our economic revitalization,” one city official said.
Updated: June 14, 2021
Expect less road striping in Maine this year, transportation officials say
June 11, 2021A raw material shortage has left the Maine Department of Transportation with less than half the amount of white and yellow paint it usually now has on hand.
June 11, 2021
Lawmakers demand reopening US-Canada border to 'keep economies on path to recovery'
June 11, 2021A letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, signed by lawmakers from Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, says that allowing vaccinated tourists to travel between the two countries will spur job creation on both sides
June 11, 2021
Former law firm CEO Patrick Scully sworn in as member of Maine PUC
June 9, 2021Scully, who retired from Bernstein Shur in 2019 after a 35-year career, has pledged to make the work of the three-member regulatory panel "even more transparent."
June 9, 2021
Bangor city manager to take helm at Maine Municipal Association
Updated: June 9, 2021A nationwide search yielded the unanimous selection. The current executive director, Stephen Gove, will retire at the end of the month after a 41-year career.
Updated: June 9, 2021
Maine working forest projects slated for $16M in federal outdoors act money
June 8, 2021The Quill Hill to Perham Stream and Chadbourne Tree Farms conservation areas, as well Acadia National Park's Schoodic Point wastewater upgrade, are included in the fiscal year 2022 budget under the Great American Outdoors Act.
June 8, 2021
King cosponsors bill to bolster tourism industry, seasonal businesses
Updated: June 10, 2021The recently introduced Visit America Act would formally authorize the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and create an assistant secretary position within the U.S. Commerce Department focused specifically on tourism.
Updated: June 10, 2021
Mills urges swift passage of economic recovery plan
June 7, 2021Maine's governor is urging state lawmakers to take swift action in implementing the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, a nearly $1 billion proposal to put Maine’s economic recovery back on solid footing.
June 7, 2021
Valerie Stanfill confirmed as Maine's next chief justice
June 4, 2021The 63-year-old will be the second woman to serve in the role after Leigh Saufley, who left the bench last year to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law.
June 4, 2021
Former worker faces 10 years in prison for stealing from Kittery shipyard
June 3, 2021Michael Gamash, then a civilian employee of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, stole $60,000 of scrap metal from the yard over a two-year period.
June 3, 2021
Eight Maine communities picked for climate resilience pilot project
June 2, 2021The communities, in three different corners of the state, will develop climate change resilience plans that can be used by any town or city to make adapting to climate challenges more uniform.
June 2, 2021
Maine's congressional delegation opposes budget cut that could reduce work for BIW
June 1, 2021While the Pentagon had planned to spend 2022 funding on two Navy destroyers, President Joe Biden's budget only pays for one.
June 1, 2021
‘Next-gen’ tech or industrial destruction? Salmon farm proposal advances, but groups protest
June 1, 2021An application to lease two sites in Frenchman Bay for a closed pen aquafarm could result in production of 66 million pounds of salmon annually. But Maine’s coast shouldn’t be “a guinea pig” for “unproven” technology, said one local group.
June 1, 2021
Welcome back: Maine’s hospitality industry is looking forward to a strong turnaround
Updated: May 30, 2021In Maine, established hospitality businesses have learned to pivot during the pandemic, and new hotels and restaurants have continued to open despite it. All are re-energized and eager to hire, according to this article from the Mainebiz special
Updated: May 30, 2021
‘Troubling’ impact on lobster fishery seen in federal study of right whale population
May 28, 2021Lobster fishermen face major changes in the way they fish over the coming decade. “The lobster fishery as we know it will not exist if this is fully implemented,” said one industry leader.
May 28, 2021
Mills unveils plan to defray health insurance costs for small businesses
Updated: May 28, 2021Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday unveiled a proposal to help Maine small businesses defray health insurance costs for their employees as premiums rise.
Updated: May 28, 2021
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