A law that helps customers catch up on past-due electric bills by forgoing a portion of the past amount is set to expire in September.
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Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with forced labor, rights group says
China is accused of running labor transfer programs in which minorities are forced to toil in factories as part of a longstanding campaign of assimilation and mass detention.
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More than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
Strikers are protesting what they say are years of ‘slow-walked’ contract negotiations and unfair wages.
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Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok. Here’s why
Universal Music Group said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the 2 companies.
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Online safety legislation is opposed by many it claims to protect
More than 100 human rights and LGBTQ groups have condemned the bill, saying it would endanger minors, especially LGBTQ youth.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Domino’s delivers $25,000 to Farmington in Plowing for Pizza campaign
Farmington is the eighth town nationwide to receive money, which will go toward a new sidewalk plow machine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
MDOT to start pilot commuter bus service between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn
The goal is to begin the service by June and attract some of the hundreds of workers who are traveling that route daily.
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Norway Savings Bank hires new marketing, communications officer
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank recently hired Dave Guthro as assistant vice president, marketing and communications officer. Guthro is focused on brand and business line promotion, communication strategy, community relations, paid and social media, and digital marketing. He will also serve as spokesman and primary media contact for the bank. Guthro most recently served as […]
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Norway Savings Bank promotes 9 employees
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank recently promoted nine employees from Oxford, Cumberland and York counties. Christine McMann is a New Gloucester resident who works remotely. Now vice president, Applications Analyst III, she joined the bank in 2008 as a core application analyst on the loan servicing team. Kerry Millett of Waterford is based in the […]
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Auburn to take broad look at its solid waste and recycling programs under Mayor Harmon
The committee process follows the implementation of a new recycling program in Auburn that pared down what residents are allowed to recycle, including glass and metal.