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LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society welcomed Karen McArthur to its board of directors. A longtime audience member, McArthur joined the Maine Music Society Chorale and Chamber Singers in early 2019. She also sings with her church choir where she is a cantor. She lives in Lewiston with her husband of 32 years, Brad, their […]
The entire Nestle Waters North America unit may be sold to allow the company to focus on its international brands.
Democratic Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree sent a joint letter to Dirk Lesko, president of BIW, suggesting the company refocus its efforts “on hiring, training and investing in Maine workers for these critical jobs” rather than expanding subcontracting.
Mark Walsh of Ocean Properties, which operates 11 hotels in Maine and 125 nationwide, said requiring visitors to present negative tests in lieu of quarantine is not a viable option.
Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street as coronavirus cases increase again.
Privacy advocates have long raised concerns that police using facial-recognition technology could lead to the wrongful arrest of innocent people.
A local mental health clinician offered advice to business leaders Thursday during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s first Zoom breakfast.
The administration backtracked on an earlier commitment to release individual loan data.
Workers’ groups say that state officials and growers were slow to respond to the threat, and did not move until fairly recently to ramp up testing.
