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  • Southwest Harbor temporarily bans passenger cruises

    August 17, 2017

    Southwest Harbor residents have voted overwhelmingly to ban passenger cruise ships until the Mount Desert Island town figures out a traffic management strategy.

  • New management plan drafted for St. John-Allagash region

    August 17, 2017

    Development issues on state lands that are part of the new St. John-Allagash Region Management Plan will be a topic of discussion among local residents at an Aug. 30 public meeting.

  • Activist buys historic Pembroke hall to house ‘new farmers’ movement

    August 16, 2017

    New York farm activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming has purchased the historic Odd Fellows Hall in Pembroke to continue her work building the young farmer movement from her new location.

  • Jackson Laboratory gets $3.3M grant to study ALS

    By Staff August 9, 2017

    Targeting a disease that affects about 20,000 Americans, The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor has received a five-year, $3,322,009 federal grant to study ALS.

  • DOT offers Bar Harbor ferry terminal for $3.5 million

    August 7, 2017

    Maine Department of Transportation has offered to sell ferry terminal to the town of Bar Harbor for $3.5 million

  • Acadia's senior-pass sales jump 70%, but overall numbers are down

    Staff August 3, 2017

    An impending eight-fold increase in the cost of lifetime senior passes at national parks has spurred a major increase in the sale of those passes at Acadia National Park.

  • Workforce housing development eyed in Bar Harbor

    July 27, 2017

    Much-needed workforce housing is in the offing for Bar Harbor, a popular vacation and summer-home destination where the affordable-home market of yesteryear has been overwhelmed by online rental markets like Airbnb.

  • Ellsworth hot spot Jordan’s finds new owners

    July 20, 2017

    Jordan's Snack Bar, a popular Ellsworth eatery that closed in April, has been purchased by a couple from southern Maine with Ellsworth roots.

  • Eastport rededicates $15 million breakwater

    July 19, 2017

    The City of Eastport's rebuilt $15 million breakwater is open for business, providing deep-water berthing for cruise ships, cargo vessels, fishing boats, yachts and U.S. Navy and Coast Guard boats.

  • Nonprofit says it will move out of pricey MDI neighborhood

    Staff July 19, 2017

    Maine Seacoast Mission is developing plans to move its administrative headquarters out of the Colket Center in Bar Harbor.

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