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  • Jackson Lab will share $500K grant to study potential skin treatment

    Staff September 14, 2018

    Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory and a Connecticut biotech firm have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to explore how one form of bacteria may help prevent skin disease caused by another.

  • Century-old Bar Harbor drug store to close

    Staff September 14, 2018

    The century-old, family-own West End Drug Co., at 105 Main St. in Bar Harbor, will close due to the retirement of owners Mike and Stacey Gilfillan.

  • Three Maine boatbuilders team up on high-end sloop

    Laurie Schreiber September 13, 2018

    A new yacht under construction on the Maine coast will combine the skills of three different boatbuilding operations. Brooklin Boat Yard, Hinckley Co. and Front Street Shipyard are producing the first Hinckley Sou'wester 53 sloop designed by naval…

  • Maine coastal hospitals rely on visiting doctors to meet seasonal demands

    Laurie Schreiber September 17, 2018

    Patient volume in the emergency department at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor spikes 400% in the summer and strains capacity, thanks to an influx of 3 million visitors and the island's s

  • Bar Harbor residents divided on CAT return

    September 7, 2018

    Bar Harbor residents voiced divergent opinions this week during a hearing on whether the town should accept a proposal from Prince Edward Island company Bay Ferries Ltd. to restore ferry service from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

  • Tight housing market drives rapid rise in Ellsworth's home prices

    September 7, 2018

    Prices of single-family homes have risen faster in Ellsworth than the rest of Hancock County, due to a tight housing market.

  • Abbe Museum receives $169K grant to ‘decolonize’ its practices

    Staff September 7, 2018

    The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor has received a $169,070 Museums for America grant to continue “decolonizing” its practices in documenting and interpreting Native American history and experience.

  • Bucksport on its way to becoming a seafood hub

    Staff September 6, 2018

    In addition to the Portland-based company that's planning to build initially a $75 million land-based aquafarm to raise Atlantic salmon in Bucksport, two seafood-processing facilities are planning to open there as well.

  • Ellsworth's haven for startups is looking for 'the next IDEXX'

    Laurie Schreiber September 3, 2018

    Union River Center for Innovation began as a collaboration between the city and the Ellsworth Business Development Corp., which was established by the city in 2013 to attract new businesses and work with existing ones to expand their operations. Its…

  • Stonington working with Axiom to improve broadband service

    Staff August 28, 2018

    Axiom Technologies of Machias has submitted a plan to provide fiber optic internet service to Stonington.

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Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
Poll Description

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. 

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