Fontaine Family — The Real Estate Leader has added several people to its Auburn team. Nathaniel Szurgot, who grew up in Topsham and lives in Rumford, works as a processing lead at 1820 Spirits, where he ensures products are batched, filtered, and prepared for bottling. His past roles include working as a trainer at L.L.Bean, […]
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Many of New York City’s outdoor dining sheds set to start disappearing
Less than half of the estimated 6,000 to 8,000 restaurants using pandemic-era permits have applied for a new program to make the sheds permanent.
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Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
A judge ruled that the ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation – a seismic decision that could shake up the internet.
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Chinese businesses hoping to expand in U.S. and bring jobs face uncertainty and suspicion
U.S. wariness of China, coupled with Beijing’s desire to protect its technological competitiveness, threatens to rupture ties between the world’s two largest economies.
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Red-state Republicans say they’ll defend Biden-era green jobs
The lion’s share of Inflation Reduction Act investment has gone to red and swing states, where some GOP lawmakers say they’ll work to defend projects enabled by the law even if the political winds shift.
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Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid
The raid sparked a national debate about press freedoms focused on Marion, a town of about of about 1,900 people in the rolling prairie hills.
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Dow drops 1,000 points, Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake worldwide
Nearly everything on Wall Street tumbled Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsened and set off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.
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A changing electric grid ramps up the work of Maine’s utility regulators
The need to connect renewable power to the grid and plan for increased electrification is expanding the Public Utilities Commission’s budget, staff and workload.
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Appetite for bagels and schmear is on the rise in Sebago-land
Colby grad ditches desk job to work with his hands, and the result is highly edible.
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Summer jobs show us a piece of the good life in Maine
From camp counselors to museum curators to farm hands, we take a look some of the best summer jobs Maine has to offer.