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Maine bar owners cautious about reopening after year of closure

by Edward D. Murphy March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The state announced Friday that bars and tasting rooms can reopen at the end of this month, although capacity will still be limited.

Business, Maine

Maine businesses optimistic about summer season with eased restrictions

by Hannah LaClaire March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

One hotelier said that getting news of the changes was like being given ‘a Christmas gift in March,’ but it also came with new concerns and fears.

Business, Maine, News, Politics

Deal on state tax exemption implodes as Republicans balk at supplemental budget

by Scott Thistle March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Democrats support a bill to reduce tax liability for businesses and individuals who received federal COVID-19 relief loans or benefits, but Republicans are pushing for more.

Business, Giving Back

DuBois Realty Group donates to Wounded Heroes Program of Maine

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

AUBURN — The DuBois Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty recently donated $2,000 to Wounded Heroes Program of Maine as part of its Give Where You Live program. Wounded Heroes Program of Maine helps wounded veterans attain the benefits and assistance when transitioning to civilian life being injured in service.

Androscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn

Lewiston-Auburn make it to round one in contest for Federal Reserve’s ‘Working Communities Challenge’ grant

by Kathryn Skelton March 5, 2021April 2, 2021

Moving to the next round would win the local effort $375,000.

Business, Noteworthy

Coastal Enterprises hires Azenaide Pedro

March 5, 2021March 15, 2021

BRUNSWICK — Coastal Enterprises has hired Azenaide Pedro as the workforce solutions team’s new program specialist. Originally from Angola, Pedro came to Maine three years ago from Johannesburg, South Africa, where she received a bachelor’s degree in public health from Monash University. In 2020, she was one of the first individuals to apply for the […]

Business, Health, Maine, News

Mills relaxes quarantine rules for visitors, eases business restrictions heading into tourism season

by Eric Russell and Kevin Miller March 5, 2021March 6, 2021

The changes are aimed at drawing summer tourists to Maine as the federal government steps up the supplies of COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide.

Business, Nation / World, News

Jump in hiring fuels optimism for U.S. economic recovery

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Employers added a robust 379,000 jobs in February, but it represents just a fraction of the roughly 9.5 million that the economy must regain to get back to where it was before the pandemic.