Initial jobless claims fell by 18,000 to 215,000 for the week ending Feb. 26, the Labor Department reported, and declined in Maine as well.
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Lawmakers consider sweeping affordable housing reform bill
The bill aims to cut the regulatory red tape that supporters say is exacerbating Maine’s housing crisis.
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Maine shifting its focus to making tourism sustainable
Instead of thinking up ways to bring more visitors to the state, the state tourism agency will consider ways to balance tourism with quality of life for the state’s visitors and its residents.
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Stepped-up training cuts Maine’s projected nurse shortage in half
Maine is projected to be short 1,450 registered nurses in 2025, down from the 3,200 projected previously, according to a new report.
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Maine towns attempt to buy dormant trash plant for $1.5 million
A group representing 115 towns is trying to revive the plant that closed 6 months after its opening in 2020.
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Con Edison proposes new power transmission line from Aroostook County
A subsidiary of energy delivery giant Consolidated Edison Inc. is seeking to connect planned energy projects in northern Maine to New England’s electrical grid.
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Saco Drive-In closing after more than 80 years in business
The landmark theater, which has been sold to a trailer dealership, opened on Route 1 in Saco in 1939 and is the oldest drive-in in Maine and one of the oldest in the country.
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Auburn-Lewiston airport names new manager
The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport has named James H. Scheller as its new manager, according to a statement from the airport’s board. Scheller’s responsibilities include strengthening operations, developing business opportunities, and ensuring excellence in service to pilots, passengers, visitors and tenants. Scheller, who began his new position Jan. 14, brings 12 years of commercial airport business […]
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PETA defends ‘Don’t eat fish’ ads at jetport after Gov. Mills seeks their removal
Mills sent a letter to jetport officials asking that they be taken down, and state Rep. Genevieve McDonald, D-Deer Isle, called the ads ‘appalling.’
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Geiger promotes Lewiston woman to specialist role
LEWISTON — Geiger, a promotional products distributor, has promoted Trish Whitlock of Lewiston to payroll and benefits specialist in human resources. Whitlock began her career with Geiger in 2019 as an administrative support specialist in human resources/office services and then worked as a payment application/administrative support specialist in finance. She was promoted last July to […]