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Downeast

  • Calais Regional Hospital announces new cost-cutting measures

    April 12, 2018

    Calais Regional Hospital announced on its website Tuesday that it plans to suspend its “infusion services department” starting on May 1 as part of its ongoing effort to control costs.

  • Hancock County residents protest Brookfield’s dam operations

    April 5, 2018

    Brookfield Renewable Energy Group's operation of the Union River Dam is drawing fire from Ellsworth residents and conservationists.

  • Boston couple pays $1.8M for Belfast inn with 'wow' factor

    Laurie Schreiber April 1, 2018

    The purchase of the Belfast Bay Inn, ranked No. 9 among best small hotels in the United States by TripAdvisor, puts its buyers in a great position to shift gears from greater Boston to coastal Maine. In a deal that closed March 15, Susan and Clint…

  • Pen-Air forced to quit Bar Harbor after losing Presque Isle contract

    April 2, 2018

    Pen-Air, one of the largest regional airlines in Alaska and the Northeast, can't afford to serve Bar Harbor without its contract with Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle, which it will lose in July.

  • Bar Harbor property with ties to Alexander Hamilton sells

    March 30, 2018

    A 40-acre property in Bar Harbor that was once home to a mansion owned by a member of the Alexander Hamilton family was sold in January for $3.9 million to local developers Chris Swan and Scott Henggeler.

  • Upgrade underway at Stonington Lobster Co-op

    March 12, 2018

    The Stonington Lobster Co-op has torn down a 50-year-old lobster hatchery to make way for a new office building.

  • Ellsworth hospital posts $6.5 million loss

    March 12, 2018

    Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth had an operating loss of $6.47 million for 2017, marking the second year in a row that it's lost more than $6 million.

  • Ellsworth, Bar Harbor among most profitable Airbnb spots statewide

    March 9, 2018

    Ellsworth and Bar Harbor were among the top five busiest and most profitable Airbnb destinations statewide in 2017, with revenue up 78% in Ellsworth compared to 2016, and revenue in Bar Harbor up 84% in the same time period.

  • LePage vetoes Bar Harbor Port Authority bill

    March 9, 2018

    Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a bill, An Act To Create the Bar Harbor Port Authority, that would allow Bar Harbor voters to create a local port authority.

  • New immigration policies could hit Downeast businesses hard

    March 8, 2018

    The Trump administration's revocation of the federal Temporary Protected Status program, which allows migrants to stay in the United States when their home countries face violence or natural disaster, is expected to hit businesses in Hancock and…

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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.