The long-held standard in Auburn’s agricultural zone requires a landowner to make a certain percentage of household income from farming to be eligible to build a home.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Want employees to come to the office? Pick up their laundry and welcome their dogs
Companies are establishing game rooms, mental health spaces and aromatherapy to attract staff to return to the office – and keep them there.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Biden courted oil companies before threatening them with windfall tax
The administration has been fixated on gas prices, believing they’re key to the president’s popularity.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
U.S. presses, but Russia reluctant on Ukraine grain deal
The warring countries supply about 30 percent of the world’s exported wheat and barley.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn council approves new zoning for Court Street area
The final reading Monday came after the council initially delayed in order to hold informational sessions on the controversial rezoning.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Even before winter’s arrival, Mainers are relying on heating assistance
The cost of heating oil is far more expensive than last season, but the Maine State Housing Authority has less money than it did last winter and more families to assist.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business
Twitchell Airport property in Turner under contract to be sold
Maine’s last privately owned, commercially operated airport will cease operations at the end of the month.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Joseph R. Manning appointed as Fryeburg Academy’s next head of school
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s board of trustees has appointed Joseph R. Manning as the academy’s next head of school. The trustees’ unanimous decision resulted from a rigorous search process by the board’s search committee. The committee and consultants conducted a stakeholder survey, met on campus with over 60 stakeholder groups, authored a report on the […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Elon Musk walks back on Twitter job cuts, blue checks in second week
The social-media company laid off close to 3,700 people on Friday, only to reach out soon thereafter to dozens of employees who it decided were either fired in error or too essential.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Maine lobstering group backs new speed limit on ships to protect whales
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says the first such restriction in over a decade illustrates how little shipping has been regulated compared to the lobster industry.