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  • Maine home sales best in 18 years

    Staff January 25, 2017

    Maine Listings, a subsidiary of the Maine Association of Realtors, reported 17,507 homes were sold statewide in 2016, up 11.71% from 15,672 sold in 2015. It's the highest yearly tally in 18 years.

  • MDI Bio Lab research uncovers mystery of why diet can prolong lifespan

    Lori Valigra January 25, 2017

    Diets can prolong health and lifespan, but scientists haven't known why until now, when researchers at MDI Biological Laboratory discovered a genetic pathway that explains the process.

  • Camden National sponsors three affordable housing initiatives

    Staff January 23, 2017

    Camden National Bank announced Friday it was awarded direct subsidy funding for three initiatives totaling $2.25 million to develop or renovate 84 units of affordable housing.

  • Family-owned Bass Harbor business plans marina

    January 20, 2017

    F.W. Thurston, a family-owned business in Bass Harbor, is seeking to establish a marina at its location.

  • Bar Harbor brothers buy lobster-fishing cruise vessel for tourism

    January 18, 2017

    Brothers Andy and James Allen have expanded their tourism excursions by buying the lobster-fishing cruise vessel Lulu from Capt. John Nicolai.

  • Bar Harbor Bankshares completes merger

    Staff January 16, 2017

    Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), the holding company for Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, completed its merger with Lake Sunapee Bank Group, the holding company for Lake Sunapee Bank.

  • An $18M redevelopment planned for Eastport cannery

    Peter Van Allen January 13, 2017

    A Kansas City developer will partner with an Eastport group to redevelop the waterfront American Can Co. factory.

  • EPA will help pay for cleanup of former Verso mill

    Staff January 12, 2017

    The federal Environmental Protection Agency awarded $200,000 to the Eastern Maine Development Corp. to support the redevelopment of the former Verso Paper Corp. mill property in Bucksport.

  • Gofundme for Ellsworth restaurant's overdue taxes?

    January 11, 2017

    An Ellsworth restaurant has turned to the gofundme website and is asking customers to help pay its $25,000 property tax bill.

  • PC Construction 'tops out' new Jax Lab research building

    Staff January 10, 2017

    PC Construction celebrated a major milestone in its $14.25 million construction project for Jackson Laboratory when it bolted the final piece of structural steel in place Monday for the lab’s new C

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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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