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  • Portland's Harvest on the Harbor festival under new ownership

    February 25, 2016

    The annual Harvest on the Harbor festival that draws food, beer, wine and spirit lovers from across the globe to Maine is now under new ownership.

    February 25, 2016
  • Lawmakers endorse stripped-down version of lobster license change

    February 24, 2016

    The Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources of the Maine Legislature voted Wednesday to make modest changes in the rules that control lobster fishing licenses in Maine, side-stepping a more controversial proposal for access to Maine's most

    February 24, 2016
  • Rockland coffee roaster reaches $80K goal

    February 24, 2016

    Rock City Coffee Roasters, a mainstay of Rockland's Main Street for the past 17 years, has achieved a fundraising goal that ensures it will stay in operation — quelling some neighborly complaints in the process.

    February 24, 2016
  • West Bath radio operator buys WLAM in Lewiston

    February 24, 2016

    Radio operator Bob Bittner, who operates WJTO from his Berry's Mill Pond studio in West Bath, WJIB in Cambridge, Mass., and WJYE in central Maine, has purchased stations WLAM in Lewiston and WLVP in greater Portland, the Sun Journal reported.

    February 24, 2016
  • Norway co-op aims for net zero energy consumption

    February 23, 2016

    Members of the Fare Share Co-op, an all-natural grocery store in downtown Norway, are working on the second phase of their long-term goal of reaching net zero energy consumption for its building, The Advertiser Democrat reported.

    February 23, 2016
  • Portland Brew Bus tour expanding to Beantown

    February 22, 2016

    The Maine Brew Buses of Portland will soon have a not-so-distant relative as the tour program, which has been shuttling fans of Maine brews across Portland for the past three years, is expanding to Boston.

    February 22, 2016
  • No takers for Maine's crowdfunding program

    Lori Valigra February 22, 2016

    Maine's crowdfunding law, which was heralded as a boon for startups when it went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, has yielded no funding-raisings in its first year.

    Lori Valigra February 22, 2016
  • Boat business rebounds, but workforce is elusive

    Laurie Schreiber February 22, 2016

    At Sabre Yachts in Raymond, boatbuilding is going gangbusters, a situation largely attributed to the continuous development of new models that use the latest technologies but they are competing with other boatbuilders — and other industries — for a

    Laurie Schreiber February 22, 2016
  • Portland lager recognized as one of America's best

    February 19, 2016

    A five-year old nano-brewery based in Portland's popular East Bayside community has been recognized by “Food & Wine” magazine for crafting one of America's Best Lagers.

    February 19, 2016
  • Windham upstart packs up for Lewiston

    February 19, 2016

    Anchour, a marketing, branding and social media company founded three years ago, moved from Windham to downtown Lewiston last month, bringing its 10 employees, the Sun Journal reported.

    February 19, 2016
  • Flooded Brunswick pub to reopen St. Paddy’s Day, ‘come hell or high water’

    February 18, 2016

    There's no need to panic for residents of Brunswick looking to celebrate their varying degrees of Irish heritage this St. Patrick's Day — the owner of Byrnes Irish Pub said it will reopen for the holiday.

    February 18, 2016
  • Shapleigh businessmen aids in fight against polio in India

    February 18, 2016

    Elias Thomas of Shapleigh, broker-owner of Exit Real Estate, has traveled to India each year since 2001 as part of a team of Rotarians completing construction projects and taking part in a polio eradication drive, the Journal Tribune reported.

    February 18, 2016
  • Maine recording engineer Ludwig wins 11th Grammy

    February 17, 2016

    Portland-based mastering engineer Bob Ludwig has picked up his 11th Grammy Award, for "best engineered album, non-classical" for "Sound & Color" by Alabama Shakes, the Sun Journal reported.

    February 17, 2016
  • Lubec’s Bayside Chocolates heads to Academy Awards

    February 16, 2016

    Bayside Chocolates, a back-to-basics candy shop in Lubec and the easternmost chocolate kitchen in the United States, will have its peppermint patties included in celebrity gift bags at the Academy Awards on Feb. 28, The Quoddy Tides reported.

    February 16, 2016
  • Frenchville business owners interested in TIF

    February 11, 2016

    A proposed tax increment finance district proved of interest to owners and employees of six different businesses that gathered for a public hearing in Frenchville on Monday, the St. John Valley Times reported.

    February 11, 2016
  • Downtown Rockland soon to be 'world headquarters' of pet supply company

    February 10, 2016

    A nationally recognized pet supply company in Rockland has found a new location for its new “world headquarters” in downtown Rockland, filling a space that had been home to The Reading Corner bookstore for more than 40 years.

    February 10, 2016

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The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins.