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Elected officials around Mount Desert Island have identified the need for more affordable, year-round housing as a top issue.
The first building in an eight-building, 16-unit affordable housing subdivision in Castine is almost completed.
In an unusual deal, Beverly and Peter Bono — who've operated the Christmas Spirit Shop in the historic Grant Building at 80 Main St. in Bar Harbor since 1995 — are seeking to sell both the turnkey business and real estate as a package, for $1.695…
A committee of the Bar Harbor Town Council discussed possible uses for the former Bay Ferries Ltd. terminal.
A $9 million project to transform an old sardine cannery into a hotel, residential units, retail and event space in Eastport is on hold, due to one of the developers being involved in a legal dispute with a former general contractor of a separate $…
A new residents association has formed in Bar Harbor to try to block the proposed transition of a former ferry terminal into a cruise ship berthing pier.
Woodland Pulp, the paper mill in Baileyville adjacent to the St. Croix River, is petitioning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow it to transfer ownership of the U.S. portion of the Forest City dam to the state.
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, took Tuesday's launch of Ellsworth's Open Access Fiber Optic Network as an opportunity to highlight a policy road map with several proposals for closing rural Maine's digital divide.
The brothers of the Franciscan monastery in Bucksport plan to open a brewpub in a former tanning salon on Main Street at which they will sell the beer they've been brewing at their one-barrel brewery for the past four years.
The historic La Rochelle mansion in Bar Harbor is on the market for $6.295 million.
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 $19 per hour by 2028. (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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