Months of limited rainfall have left the vital waterway so shallow that barges are starting to run aground, even after shippers started running lighter loads to prevent boats from hitting the river bottom.
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Gas prices barrel toward 3-year low as election nears
Americans have long used gas prices as a way to gauge the country’s economy. Falling fuel costs typically lift presidential approval rates along with the standing of whoever’s in the White House – while rising costs have the opposite effect.
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AI being used to send some people impacted by hurricanes $1,000 cash relief payments
The organization, GiveDirectly, harnesses a Google-developed artificial intelligence tool to pinpoint areas with high concentrations of poverty and storm damage.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine gets $53 million to improve freight rail safety, reconnect former Millinocket mill site
The federal funding will be used to upgrade mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties and restore a rail service to the Great Northern Paper mill redevelopment site.
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Farmington business becomes new U-Haul dealer
FARMINGTON — K & S Automotive has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer. The business at 313 Farmington Falls Road will offer services like U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, moving supplies and in-store pickup for boxes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethical code, committee says
A judicial conduct panel is recommending that Justice Catherine Connors, a former private attorney who represented banks, be sanctioned for not recusing herself from 2 cases that upended the state’s foreclosure process.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Lewiston law firm names new partner
Eamonn Hart first joined the law firm in 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine
More cannabis recalled for yeast, mold, bacterial contamination
The expansion of a previous recall impacts preground flower of the strain ‘Frozay,’ plus preground flower, prerolls and blunts of the strains ‘Frosted Cookies’ – all produced by Nova Farms.
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McDonald’s and Boar’s Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe
Federal data shows the U.S. has made little progress toward reducing rates of foodborne illness as called for in Healthy People 2030, an effort to boost population-level health and well-being.
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Business etiquette classes boom as people relearn how to act at work
The years spent apart from colleagues have rusted workers’ social skills, and new ways of working have spawned a host of fresh etiquette issues.