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Despite the public health crisis, Maine's construction companies — considered essential businesses — continue to do work the state relies upon, in communities including Yarmouth, Portland, Freeport and Cumberland Foreside.
Kennebec Savings, Camden National and Norway Savings banks were all overloaded Wednesday as many customers checked online accounts to see if their relief checks had arrived. By Thursday, most banking operations were back to normal.
The association has been awarded $468,448 to aid the state's hospitals in preparing to treat COVID-19 patients. The federal funding was authorized in the recently adopted CARES Act.
Grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded weekly through April to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis in the downtowns of the two Kennebec River cities.
The second round of grants through Central Maine Growth Council will fund improvements at 10 downtown sites. The council expects grants made so far to result in nearly $2 million of storefront enhancements this year.
The decision of a lawsuit brought by environmental groups says federal fishery managers haven’t fully analyzed the impact of lobster fishing on endangered North Atlantic right whales. It's still unclear what the ruling could mean for Maine.
The state Office of Marijuana Policy is postponing the spring debut of adult-use marijuana retail sales in Maine, because of concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Curtis Picard, head of the Retail Association of Maine, outlines his concerns as he welcomes revised in-store gathering limits that took effect on Friday.
Fifteen Maine nonprofits and municipalities were named recipients of grants aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults while they continue to live in their communities.
The new program reimburses the costs of electronic-purchasing equipment needed to process food sales through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Sales of electric vehicles rose by 25% last year, with 17 million sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency's recent "Global EV Outlook." The trend is led by China, where half of the new cars sold were EVs.
In the U.S., sales of EVs increased by 10% last year, but that was off the pace of 2023, when a 40% gain was recorded.
The report noted a plateauing of sales in Europe, where some countries are rolling back incentives offered to EV buyers.
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