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Local economic development and business leaders in the Washington County towns of Baileyville, Calais, Whiting, Dennysville, Pembroke, Baring and Meddybemps are eager to take advantage of being placed in a federally designated Opportunity Zone…
Voters in Bar Harbor on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $3.5 million bond issue to fund the purchase of the former ferry terminal from the Maine Department of Transportation that could pave the way for more passenger cruise traffic, the Mount…
The Bar Harbor Historical Society's $1.3 million purchase of a half-acre vacant commercial lot in downtown Bar Harbor is expected to increase the society's visibility and enable it to build larger accommodations for its growing collections.
If Bay Ferries Ltd. renews ferry service from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia, it will likely mean discontinuing the Portland-to-Nova-Scotia route, CEO Mark MacDonald to the Mount Desert Islander.
Energy development company Next Phase Energy Services LLC has submitted a petition to the Land Use Planning Commission to change the zoning of a Hancock County property in order to establish a 100-megawatt solar farm.
Deer Isle and Stonington have reconvened the dormant Island Community Housing group to address affordable workforce housing issues for young working families who are finding themselves priced out of the island's housing market.
PenAir has suspended, effective today, its flights to and from Bar Harbor and Presque Isle.
Former Brooklin Boat Yard CFO Steven Nygren was sentenced to seven years and seven months in federal prison for stealing $815,000 from the business.
Houlton Regional Hospital is facing difficult decisions as it continues to reduce its debt at the same time that it confronts significant challenges faced by rural hospitals across Maine.
The marine division of Hewes & Co. in Blue Hill is constructing the hard-maple cladding for an 88-foot steel-frame bridge that will connect luxury-condominium skyscrapers on Riverside Drive in Manhattan.
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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