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Vassalboro extends winning streak in annual report competition
Updated: September 23, 2020The town of 4,300 along the Kennebec River has won its division eight years in a row in the Maine Municipal Association contest ranking annual town reports. Other winners are Freeport, Mount Desert, Alna and Swan's Island.
Updated: September 23, 2020
King sees telehealth as 'real shift,' opportunity for Maine
Updated: September 23, 2020In a Q&A with Mainebiz, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, shares his thoughts on the growing telehealth trend and how Maine can attract more innovative companies to the fast-growing niche.
Updated: September 23, 2020
Houlton International Airport awarded $4.4M in federal funds for taxiway work
September 22, 2020The airport, a vital part of Aroostook County's transportation infrastructure, is receiving the funds from a federal transportation program and the CARES Act.
September 22, 2020
Maine business relief grants launch; federal help sought for state, local governments
September 22, 2020Gov. Janet Mills, Sen. Angus King, Augusta City Manager Bill Bridgeo and members of the AFSCME are pushing the Senate to pass the $3 trillion House relief bill and provide federal aid to state and local governments.
September 22, 2020
Farmers in 5 Maine counties eligible for federal drought assistance
September 22, 2020The Drought Disaster Declaration means that farmers in Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset and Washington counties are eligible for emergency assistance through the USDA's Farm Service Agency.
September 22, 2020
6 ways new climate plan could change Portland-area development
Updated: September 22, 2020A 300-page draft report suggests ways to transform energy use in Portland and South Portland, alter how buildings and neighborhoods are developed and more. But the plan has to be approved by the city councils before policies start to change.
Updated: September 22, 2020
South Portland officials to mull pros, cons of proposed development moratorium
September 21, 2020It isn't clear what kind of projects would be affected by the ban, if enacted. Proponents have cited two recently approved plans for multifamily housing complexes in the city, and nearly 80 projects are in the planning pipeline.
September 21, 2020
Five projects awarded Maine coastal resilience innovation grants totaling $152K
September 21, 2020Gardiner, Phippsburg, Waldoboro and the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission will share $151,976 for projects that will help coastal towns and cities prepare for the effects of climate change.
September 21, 2020
Portland Water District, nonprofits get $8M in federal funding for Sebago Lake conservation
September 21, 2020The money will support forest conservation, land stewardship and other natural resource preservation in the Sebago Lake watershed, which supplies drinking water to over 200,000 Mainers.
September 21, 2020Maine unemployment rate plummeted 3% in August
September 18, 2020The state's unemployment rate had spiked in July, but sank last month to near its June level. The Department of Labor said the rate was behaving "erratically."
September 18, 2020
As chilly weather approaches, tasting rooms, now outdoors, seek approval to go inside
September 18, 2020Colder weather is raising concerns for Maine’s wine, beer and spirits producers, who have had to operate their tasting rooms outdoors, even though restaurants are allowed to operate indoors with certain restrictions.
September 18, 2020
Maine delegation makes new plea for protecting blueberry growers
Updated: September 18, 2020"Maine has lost an estimated 20% of its wild blueberry farms as prices continue their downward trajectory as they struggle to compete with imports of cheap frozen cultivated blueberries from overseas," says a letter to U.S. Trade Representative
Updated: September 18, 2020After pleas from Maine, NH and Vermont, Trump lifts Canadian aluminum tariff
September 17, 2020The governors and several U.S. representatives from northern New England wrote Trump last week in opposition to the 10% tariff, which they say burdens the region's manufacturers and other businesses.
September 17, 2020After six-month freeze, Maine utilities can soon once again disconnect customers
September 16, 2020The companies can resume normal disconnection procedures starting Nov. 1, the Maine Public Utilities Commission ordered. The moratorium on disconnections has been in place since March as a response to the pandemic.
September 16, 2020
Maine companies demand 'bold' state action on climate change
September 16, 2020"Our actions must be intelligent, bold, comprehensive and inclusive," says a Sept. 15 letter addressed to the Maine Climate Council and the Governor's Office of Policy and Innovation, signed by companies from Allagash Brewing to engineering firm
September 16, 2020
King takes on Washington gridlock, climate change, arts funding in virtual forum
September 15, 2020Speaking to a virtual audience Tuesday of about 650 people, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, sharply criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and institutional partisanship on both sides. The forum was organized by the Portland
September 15, 2020
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