Pohlmann has been involved with the council for 22 years and is its first female chief executive.
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Sens. King and Collins join bipartisan vote to stabilize the U.S. Postal Service
The $107 billion bill already passed the House and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Bipartisan bill aimed at helping Maine lobstermen pending in Congress
The bill would create a grant program to help fishermen buy the gear they need to comply with federal North Atlantic right whale regulations.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Home heating oil prices in southern Maine break the $5-per-gallon mark
Of the 30 southern Maine oil companies listed on MaineOil.com, all but 8 were charging more than $5 a gallon Tuesday night, and some had increased prices by 50 cents a gallon or more in just a few hours.
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Congress passes bill to overhaul Postal Service
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making and follows widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Historic Brunswick hotel reopens after $3.5 million in renovations
After being sold at a bank foreclosure auction in 2020, the 30-room hotel previously known as The Daniel has received an extensive, multi-million-dollar makeover.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Organic dairy co-op offers membership to 80 Northeast farms
Last summer, Danone, the parent company of Horizon Organic, announced it would stop buying milk from dozens of Northeast farms, including 61 in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Gasoline prices march up in central Maine as U.S. tightens economic sanctions against Russia
While gas prices have been rising steadily over the last year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the U.S. ban on Russian oil imports announced Tuesday has focused attention across central Maine on recent price spikes.
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McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coke, GE pull out of Russia over war
The burger chain’s CEO says employees of shuttered stores will continue being paid.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
U.S. strikes harder at Putin, banning all Russian oil imports
The action follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission in the massive sanctions put in place on Russia.