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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Threatened by coronavirus, city’s restaurants turn tables
Creativity and customer support, along with government aid, helped Portland restaurants stay in business at a higher rate than other parts of the country, but dozens have yet to reopen their doors and almost all have losses to recoup.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine contractors fear labor agreement will shut them out of offshore wind work
A pending commitment by wind energy developers to use only union labor has caught some of the state’s top construction firms off guard.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Stronger than barriers: Lewiston-Auburn’s immigrant community hustles, thrives with the help of local groups
Many New Mainers, Maine’s term for the state’s growing immigrant population, are strangers in a new country, often arriving without the language skills needed for work. But Lewiston-Auburn’s immigrants are finding jobs through determination, a desire to learn and help from local support groups.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
How struggling households can get federal rental assistance
The U.s. government has approved two rounds of aid, worth more than $46 billion total, that is slowly making its way to renters.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
SeniorsPlus hires Barbara Price
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus has hired Barbara Price as the organization’s new nutrition services director. Prior to joining SeniorsPlus, Price was the consumer assistance program manager at Consumers for Affordable Health Care and worked in the nonprofit sector in higher education for many years before that. Price holds a master’s degree in public health from the […]
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
United Way of the Tri-Valley Area adds five board members
FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area recently added five new members to its board of directors. Dr. Erika Schumacher obtained her medical degree from the Larner UVM School of Medicine in 2008 and completed residency at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital in June of 2011. She subsequently directed the Yale Pediatric Refugee Clinic for […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Wind energy firm using buoys to study conditions, animals off New Jersey coast
The research comes as activity ramps up off New Jersey’s coastline to establish wind-powered energy sources.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Uncategorized
Medical marijuana providers tell lawmakers to put the brakes on rule changes
A committee heard 9 hours of testimony Friday on 6 bills that would change the rule-making process.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Stocks rise, erasing most of S&P 500’s weekly losses
The benchmark index rose 1.1% Friday, clawing back all of its losses from a day earlier.