The proposal from Mayor Sheline came after the City Council postponed a vote on whether to eliminate local restaurant inspections.
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Maine Turnpike Authority has 35% of Gorham Connector land in hand
The proposed regional toll road’s route, announced this week, would extend from Maine Turnpike Exit 45 in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass at Route 114 in Gorham, but opponents say it’s a faulty fix for traffic congestion.
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IRS: Fund us, and we’ll collect hundreds of billions from tax cheaters
Biden administration officials say economic research shows they’ll avert hundreds of billions of dollars of tax evasion by funding the agency.
Posted inBusiness, News, Sports
Super Bowl expected to smash betting records. Nearly 68 million U.S. adults plan to wager
Sports betting is legal in 38 states plus Washington, D.C.
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Ousted founder of WeWork wants to buy back company
Adam Neumann has been partnering with capital sources to get his office sharing business back after filing for bankruptcy in November.
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Honda recalling over 750,000 vehicles to fix faulty passenger seat air bag sensor
DETROIT — Honda is recalling more than three quarters of a million vehicles in the U.S. because a faulty sensor may cause the front passenger air bags to inflate when they’re not supposed to. The recall covers certain Honda Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V and Odyssey models from the 2020 through 2022 model years, as […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Wyman’s installs 35-acre solar farm to power Down East operations
It’s one of the largest, if not the largest, solar farms in Maine hosted by a business to power its own facilities.
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U.S. labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
Unionizing would allow the players to negotiate not only over salary but working conditions, including practice hours and travel.
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Fishing regulators say no to catching more elvers, a most valuable species
The baby eels are harvested from rivers and streams in Maine, sold to aquaculture companies and raised to maturity, then resold as food.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Anchour grows its marketing workforce in Lewiston; named among the best places to work in Maine in 2023
From a core of four people in its first year, Anchour has grown to 30, 10 of whom were brought on in 2023.