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  • After long downturn, seaside inns find new investors

    Laurie Schreiber February 20, 2017

    Migis Hotel Group's purchase of the Higgins Beach Inn in Scarboroug is part of considerable transactional activity among independently owned hotels along the coast over the past year. Sales of other legacy resorts like the Linekin Bay Resort in…

  • Machias restaurant rebrands itself as nano brewery

    February 15, 2017

    Skywalker's, which opened in Machias in 2013, is reinventing itself as a nano brewery, Machias River Brewing Co.

  • Federal hiring freeze affects Acadia

    February 10, 2017

    Notwithstanding its record-breaking centennial last year, Acadia National Park isn't immune to President Donald Trump's Jan. 23 executive order placing a 120-day freeze on federal government hiring,

  • Jasper’s in Ellsworth closes after 60 years

    February 10, 2017

    After 60 years in business, Jasper's Restaurant in Ellsworth has served its last meal.

  • Bar Harbor contingent seeks new cruise ship limits

    February 9, 2017

    The number of cruise ships scheduled for Bar Harbor keeps rising, so a contingent of residents wants to refine passenger cap and other limits.

  • Wellness Connection of Maine's cannabis business poised for growth

    Lori Valigra February 6, 2017

    As the legal jangling over Maine's new law allowing retail sales of marijuana continues, and would-be growers snap up commercial real estate around the state, the potentially new business brings with it high startup and ongoing costs.

  • Bar Harbor cruise ship number up for 2017

    February 3, 2017

    Bar Harbor continues to become increasingly attractive to the cruise ship industry, and the season is becoming a bit longer, with the town's busiest season expected this year.

  • Bill seeks to resolve intertidal harvesting disputes on Mount Desert Island

    February 2, 2017

    Clam and worm harvesters around Acadia National Park have been arguing with the National Park Service about unpredictable enforcement in the intertidal zone in and around the park that is threatening their livelihoods.

  • LePage budget puts correctional facility on chopping block

    January 31, 2017

    Gov. Paul LePage's state budget proposal includes a plan to cut funding for the Down East Correctional Facility in Bucks Harbor.

  • Long-time restaurateur and billionaire purchase island restaurant

    January 25, 2017

    Michael Boland, long-time owner of restaurants in Bar Harbor, has joined with billionaire Mitchell Rales, a part-time resident of Northeast Harbor, to buy a restaurant on Little Cranberry Island.

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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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