RUMFORD — Central Maine Healthcare recently added two new providers to the River Valley region. Jesse Leeds, MD, is joining the team at Swift River Family Medicine in Rumford. Lauren Mason is a pediatric nurse practitioner who is joining the Elsemore Dixfield Family Medicine practice. Originally from Long Island, New York, Leeds graduated medical school […]
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Pratt & Whitney engines suffer production troubles, but not in Maine
The problem affects about 3,000 engines on commercial aircraft, forcing additional inspections that will put pressure on airlines as air travel rebounds following the pandemic.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Child poverty in U.S. jumped, income declined in 2022 as COVID benefits ended
An official with the Census Bureau says pre-pandemic poverty levels for kids have returned.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
York Hospital to close its birthing center this month
The hospital cited both declining birth rates and an ongoing workforce shortage. It’s the 7th birthing center in Maine to close since 2015 and mirrors a national trend.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. claims Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance
Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove at trial that Google rigged the market in its favor by locking in its search engine as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former Bath Iron Works welder claims co-workers, supervisors harassed him for being Black
The former Bath Iron Works employee filed a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging he was the target of racist slurs.
Posted inBusiness, News
Snack maker Hostess to be acquired by J.M. Smucker in a deal valued at $5.6 billion
The maker of snack classics like Twinkies and HoHos motored along for decades, but its struggles began to grow in this century, with workers blaming mismanagement and a failure to invest in brands to keep up with changing tastes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
UNE students hunt for ways to develop shark deterrent for fishermen
They are studying how low-level electrical impulses might be used to repel sharks from stealing the catch of commercial and recreational fishermen.
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Freeport pizzeria says it will comply after being fined by DOL, ordered to provide more employee training
The U.S. Department of Labor opened an investigation on Antonia’s Inc. last November to investigate illegal wage practices.
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You’ve seen him on TV. Now, you can join him aboard his windjammer in Rockland
Actor Marc Evan Jackson, known for roles on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘The Good Place,’ spent most of his childhood desperately wanting to sail on Maine windjammers. Last year, he became part owner of one.