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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
CMP electricity bills to increase in July
Customers of the state’s largest electric utility will see monthly bills go up by about $5.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Twelve straight rainy weekends take a toll on Maine’s seasonal businesses
The streak has hit southern Maine’s seasonal businesses hard since many of them rely on sunny weekends to stay afloat during their short summer season.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls helped unite Maine brewers and farmers
The company, a key partner in the Maine craft beer market, has grown to become the largest floor-malting operation in North America.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Cyber incidents at Lewiston hospitals caused ambulances to be diverted
Some fire chiefs and ambulance services said they had no idea the cyber incidents were behind the diversions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How Maine is creating homes in forgotten and unlikely places
Faced with a vexing housing crisis, Mainers are finding ways to build homes in abandoned and undeveloped spaces. But costs, public opposition and an uncertain economy are impeding progress.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Why cyber attacks are increasingly targeting hospitals
The incidents that caused outages at two Lewiston-based hospital systems come at a time when cyber attacks on health care organizations are skyrocketing.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn
Our coverage of how cyber incidents disrupted Lewiston-area hospitals and patients
The hospitals are working to return to normal after what leaders have described as recent cybersecurity incidents.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local Sports, Sports
Maine Nordiques without a home as potential sale of Lewiston’s Colisée looms
Nordiques’ General Manager Nick Skerlick said the plan right now is to continue to play in Lewiston or Auburn.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
These THC-infused drinks face little oversight in the US. Maine is scrambling to regulate sales.
Drinks with low doses of the psychoactive compound found in cannabis are proliferating at markets and breweries because of a federal loophole. Maine’s pot shops are not pleased.