The Freeport Village Station retail center, which is valued at $32.5 million and includes an L.L.Bean outlet, is scheduled to be auctioned Wednesday as part of a foreclosure.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Bar Harbor can place a daily limit on cruise ship passengers, federal judge rules
The ruling gives the town a green light to enforce an ordinance approved by town residents that limits cruise ship passenger visits to 1,000 a day.
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Posted inBethel, Business, Maine, Politics
Proposed lithium mine in western Maine clears key hurdle
New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at Plumbago Mountain in Newry.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Economist sees solid growth ahead, but warns of looming overseas threats, historic federal debt
Commercial real estate vacancies remain high as employees choose to work from home, and leases and mortgages face renewal at higher interest rates, a TD Bank economist said Thursday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Fidium parent company laying off nearly quarter of customer service staff in Maine
The cutting of 12 jobs at Consolidated Communications continues what union and congressional leaders have called a ‘troubling’ trend at Maine’s largest telecommunications company.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston to begin work on long-sought waterline from Auburn
Officials said work begins Sunday night in the area of Longley Bridge, and will continue through July.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Biden orders U.S. investigation of national security risks posed by Chinese-made ‘smart cars’
The probe could lead to new regulations aimed at preventing China from using sophisticated technology in so-called connected vehicles to track drivers.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge picked up last month in sign of still-elevated prices
It’s the latest sign that the slowdown in consumer price increases is occurring unevenly from month to month.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Outdoors
Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions
A new study says U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Creative use of grant funding helps area businesses provide workforce transportation option
Auburn manufacturer Panolam Surface Systems offers help to all employees; WorxLink is just one of the programs that helps new Mainers and others get to and from work.