PROSPECT — Usually, plans for multimillion-dollar investments in small Maine towns are unveiled with fanfare. This one was posted on a bulletin board at a corner store. The letter, posted around Dec. 11 at Maddie’s Place, a pizza and convenience store in Prospect, said both wood and workers were wanted for a major new heat-treated […]
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Jobs forecast shows fall in manufacturing, growth in health care work in Maine
PORTLAND — In the Maine of 10 years from now, jobs making things, moving things and selling things are expected to decline as jobs in health care, education and hospitality industries increase. That doesn’t necessarily mean work making things will dry up, as the bulk of job openings will be to replace people retiring, but […]
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Speaker of Maine House and Gov. LePage disagree on state’s employment picture
AUGUSTA — Mark Eves, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, said Friday the state is still lagging behind the rest of New England when it comes to job creation. Eves, D-North Berwick, was reacting to the last round of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows employment levels for the […]
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Maine’s jobless rate falls slightly in November
AUGUSTA — Maine’s jobless rate dipped slightly last month to 5.7 percent. In October, the state’s unemployment rate was 5.8 percent. The Maine Department of Labor said Friday that November’s rate was down 0.7 percent from one year ago. Officials say there were 40,200 people unemployed last month, down from 45,600 last year. Maine’s jobless […]
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Gambling group says Maine casinos create 1,500 jobs
PORTLAND— A new report funded by the American Gaming Association says Maine’s two casinos have created nearly 1,500 jobs. The report conducted by Oxford Economics suggests Maine’s unemployment rate would rise from 5.8 percent to 6.4 percent without the casinos in Oxford and Bangor. The figure of 1,500 jobs includes about 800 direct jobs, about […]
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Maine unemployment rate rises slightly in September
PORTLAND — Maine officials say seasonally adjusted unemployment rose slightly in the state from August to September. The state’s Department of Labor reports preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rose from 5.6 percent in August to 5.8 percent in September. The figure is down one percentage point from a year ago. Officials say the number of unemployed […]
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Maine unemployment rate ticks up slightly in August
AUGUSTA — Maine’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly in August to 5.6 percent. The Maine Department of Labor said Friday that the jobless rate was up from 5.5 from July, but remains one percentage point lower than it was a year ago. The department says that 39,800 people were unemployed in August, down 7,400 from […]
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Maine seeking information about hard-to-fill jobs
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials want to know which jobs businesses have a hard time filling. The Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research and Information is sending a survey to 3,500 Maine businesses this month. Officials hope the results will help the department tailor its worker training programs to ensure Mainers have the skills […]
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LePage says Maine energy too expensive, keeps wages low
ORONO — A week after L.L. Bean announced it will close its Bangor call center and on the same day that Verizon Wireless said it would add 90 customer service employees to its local facility, Gov. Paul LePage made a Wednesday visit to a third call center, where he said wages might be higher if […]
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Report: Job growth to be found in alternative energy
PORTLAND — An unreleased Maine state report says alternative energy is among the industries with the best potential for job growth in the state. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/Y8HxVQ ) reports the Maine Technology Institute-commissioned study assessed 13 technology clusters in Maine. The report identifies the alternative energy and turbine cluster as one of the […]