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Biddeford council may resume in-person meetings, would renovate City Theater first
January 4, 2021The City Council, one of the largest municipal bodies in Maine, like many others has been meeting remotely. But councilors are looking at in-person meetings again, which could entail improvements at the historic performance venue.
January 4, 2021Maine awards $5.1M in emergency relief to 53 health care organizations
December 31, 2020The funding went to hospitals, nursing homes and other organizations that serve MaineCare beneficiaries and were ineligible for previous economic recovery grants.
December 31, 2020
Maine renters are at lowest danger of getting evicted, national study shows
December 31, 2020Business insurance firm AdvisorSmith ranked the states in order of its renters' risk of eviction, with Maine's tenants the safest. But despite rental assistance and an eviction ban in the state, there is still housing insecurity.
December 31, 2020
New England states and NJ extend ban on interstate youth hockey games
Updated: January 4, 2021The governors’ action extends by at least one month a suspension that had run through Dec. 31. College and professional hockey are not affected by the action.
Updated: January 4, 2021Mills extends business curfew until further notice as virus numbers grow
December 31, 2020The requirement, which had been scheduled to expire on Sunday, Jan. 3, will continue until further notice.
December 31, 2020
Augusta downtown street reconstruction named Maine's top project
December 30, 2020The reconfiguration of Water Street from one-way to two-way, and the accompanying redesign of Commercial Street in downtown Augusta, is "a model for other communities," the Maine Association of Planners said of the 2020 Project of the Year.
December 30, 2020Mainers won't see federal unemployment benefits for at least a week, state says
December 29, 2020Emergency aid for millions of jobless Americans expired because of President Trump's delay in signing legislation. Although the benefits have now been approved, the state Department of Labor cautions it will take time to begin sending payments.
December 29, 2020Maine's financial lost-and-found has $276M, and some of it may be yours
Updated: December 30, 2020The state's Unclaimed Property Office is ready to pay out millions of dollars to the owners of lost or abandoned bank accounts, life insurance policies and other assets — as soon as those owners can be found.
Updated: December 30, 2020Maine buying its fourth order of COVID-19 vaccine, but less than originally estimated
December 24, 2020With the newest allotment, Maine will have enough vaccine to inoculate 65,000 people. The doses are initially going to frontline health care workers and long-term care patients.
December 24, 2020
In response to COVID concerns, Maine delays bans on plastic bags, plastic foam containers
December 24, 2020Bans on the disposable bags and food containers had been scheduled to take effect next month. But the Department of Environmental Protection has pushed back enforcement until July.
December 24, 2020With federal relief package in limbo, state sends $600 checks to 40,000 Mainers
December 23, 2020The one-time payments were sent to individuals who were likely to exhaust or lose federal unemployment benefits, which had been expanded during the pandemic. Meanwhile, a new federal emergency relief package awaits President Trump's signature.
December 23, 2020
Hancock County wind farm goes online after years of failed development attempts
December 22, 2020The 72.6-megawatt wind farm is now in commercial operation, two years after new developers took it over. Similar projects had been proposed for the site, in the sparsely populated towns of Eastbrook and Osborn, but never came to fruition.
December 22, 2020
Relief package headed to Trump's desk, could provide millions for Maine brewers, loggers, others
December 22, 2020The legislation on Monday passed both houses of Congress by overwhelming margins, and was expected to be signed into law Tuesday. Among other relief, the package would reduce taxes on beer makers and provide $200 million in assistance to loggers.
December 22, 2020
State senator named president of Community Concepts in Lewiston
December 21, 2020State Sen. Nate Libby has worked with Community Concepts Finance Corp. as a consultant on two wellness shelter projects.
December 21, 2020
Unemployment rate improves slightly, but there are still fewer jobs than before pandemic
December 18, 2020The November figures for Maine and for the U.S. reveal a slight decrease in unemployment. But the number of jobs in the state was almost the same as during October, and still far less than in February, before the crisis.
December 18, 2020
Fishing industry grapples with state’s offshore wind array plan
December 17, 2020“You’re shutting down habitat that we fish now so you’ll be displacing a lot of guys who are fishing out there,” said one fisherman at a webinar held by by the Governor’s Energy Office and the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
December 17, 2020
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