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Portland entrepreneur wins national award as growing startup readies product launch
Updated: May 19, 2021Justin Hafner, co-founder and CEO of Kinotek Inc., is the first Maine business leader to be chosen for the Front Office Sports Rising 25 Awards, which recognizes the country's top young movers and shakers in the sports industry.
Updated: May 19, 2021
UMaine prof looks to boost local production of environmentally friendly disinfectant
Updated: May 18, 2021An experimental disinfectant — made with only salt, water and electricity — could someday be an environmentally friendly Maine product that fights COVID-19.
Updated: May 18, 2021
Mills ends face mask requirements for indoor restaurants, bars and other settings
May 17, 2021Maine will now follow federal guidance and eliminate requirements for protective face coverings for patrons of indoor eating and drinking establishments. The new policy takes effect May 24.
May 17, 2021
On the Record: John Konsin's Biddeford startup, Prapela, is rocking the cradle
Updated: May 17, 2021After working with a variety of established companies, Konsin has co-founded a startup whose first "baby" is a high-tech, therapeutic bassinet that helps newborns breathe, relax and sleep.
Updated: May 17, 2021
ConvenientMD adds high-profile investor after adding Maine locations
May 13, 2021The growing urgent care provider, which has six locations in Maine, has received an investment by Bain Capital, the global firm co-founded by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
May 13, 2021
PCHC Jackman clinic gets boost from Skowhegan Savings
Updated: May 10, 2021The grant will pay for equipment upgrades over the next five years at the clinic in northern Somerset County, as the Bangor-based health care system continues to work on ways to provide health care access for the remote area.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Covetrus reports gain in sales for Q1, smaller loss over 2020
Updated: May 7, 2021Q1 net sales of $1.1 billion were an increase of 3% compared to the first quarter of 2020. The company's loss for this year's first quarter shrank to $16 million.
Updated: May 7, 2021
Mercy Hospital receives $400K challenge grant to expand workforce development
May 6, 2021The John T. Gorman Foundation is providing the grant to fund +MPower, an initiative that provides training for New Mainers and others looking to advance professionally. The grant matches donations made to help complete Mercy's campus build-out.
May 6, 2021
Maine ranks among top 10 states for nurses, new study says
May 6, 2021States were assessed according to 22 key metrics that collectively speak to the nursing job opportunities in each state.
May 6, 2021
Shaw's truckers, mechanics walk off the job as unions celebrate recent wins in Maine
Updated: May 3, 2021Workers for a Shaw's trucking subsidiary were taking to picket lines in Scarborough and Wells early Monday, after deciding to "pull the plug" on contract negotiations stalled since February.
Updated: May 3, 2021
Nurses at Maine Med unionize for the first time, winning election by 14% margin
April 30, 2021Nurses at the state's largest hospital had tried twice since 2000 to organize. In the past few months, the effort to unionize has sparked strong public debate.
April 30, 2021
Maine hospitals get good grades in latest Leapfrog ratings
Updated: April 30, 2021Maine ranked No. 3 among states for the highest percentage of hospitals receiving the top grade from the Leapfrog Group, a national health care watchdog group.
Updated: April 30, 2021
On the Record: Portland attorney-entrepreneur Krystal Williams is 'embedding equity'
Updated: May 3, 2021Every entrepreneur needs a community, says the founder of law and business advisory firm Providentia Group. Williams is working to create such a community for entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous and people of color.
Updated: May 3, 2021
MedRhythms to test digital therapy for acute stroke, add hires
April 28, 2021The Portland-based company, which employs 17 people with plans to add several more hires in coming months, announced the trial amid an ongoing study into its solution for chronic stroke.
April 28, 2021
Maine delegation urges timely construction of veterans' mental health facility at Togus
Updated: April 26, 2021A letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough raises concerns about a possible delay to building a new 24-bed treatment center at Togus and asks for the project to be expedited.
Updated: April 26, 2021
Jackson Lab's president and CEO will step down next February
April 21, 2021Edison Liu has led the lab for a decade and plans to remain as a professor. Under his guidance, JAX expanded substantially, and Liu has directed JAX's response to the pandemic, including its production of lab mice for COVID research.
April 21, 2021
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