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The grants are designated for the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, First Amendment Museum and Maine Maritime Museum.
The transfer allows Bath Housing Development Corp. to pursue new funding avenues for enhanced resident services and capital improvements. A 2020 analysis revealed housing needs have outpaced solutions.
Three pieces of the Rockland waterfront, totaling nearly nine acres, are being marketed as a single commercial offering. Some worry a sale could result in longstanding businesses getting crowded out, but the city says it's looking for balance.
Camden National Bank reported second-quarter net income of $18.1 million, up 66% over the same period last year, amid loan growth in residential mortgages and commercial real estate.
A new community solar project in Belfast is expected to provide 7 megawatts of energy to nearly 1,000 Maine residential and small-business customers. It’s the third Maine project launched by PowerMarket and SunRaise Investments.
The Wiscasset business, featuring a tasting and learning center, opened several weeks ago to highlight Maine products through educational events, showcases and tastings. The family business is geared toward agritourism.
The proposal envisioned an “affordable industrial village.” The Select Board requested a housing component, complicating further negotiations. Still, said one official, “I don’t think it’s an impossible project.”
A draft bill in Congress could mean more work for Bath Iron Works and other Maine contractors, according to U.S. Sen Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, a member of the Senate's Armed Service Committee.
Continued high demand indicates pent-up buyer demand in Maine. Homes continue to go under contract rapidly after multiple offers. But for-sale supply is improving, perhaps bringing better balance to Maine’s real estate market over time.
Damariscotta-based First Bancorp, parent company of First National Bank, on Wednesday reported a 33.8% increase in earnings during the second quarter of 2021, compared to the same period last year.
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.
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