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Maine
Government labor crunch cuts into services, adds stress for Maine’s public employees
Hundreds of state and municipal jobs are vacant as officials struggle with a tight labor market, an aging workforce and pay that can't compete with the private sector.
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Business
Cyndi Robbins named Community Service Award winner
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PHOTO: One hundred thousand barrels of beer
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Business
Communities keep diverting trash as they wait for planned Hampden facility
Officials say the long-term benefits of perfecting the state-of-the-art equipment are worth the wait, and local towns claim the delay has not caused much trouble for them.
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Business
Judge rules Bar Harbor bank must face claims it let conman steal from estate, then tried a cover-up
Plaintiffs allege the bank's trust business allowed Robert Kenneth Lindell Jr. to steal over $1 million from an elderly widow's estate and then tried to cover up its involvement.
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Business
Maine receives grant to help exporters
The SBA award is administered by the Maine International Trade Center to help Maine businesses boost sales overseas.
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Business
China calls off rise in tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork as trade overtures resume
It's the latest sign of a diplomatic thaw in the U.S.-China trade war that could lead to an interim agreement this fall.
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Maine
Bath weighs options to ease traffic crunch during BIW shift change
A report suggests making a portion of Washington Street that runs past the shipyard one-way only for part of the afternoon.
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Business
Mint, menthol: Vape industry has dug heels in on flavor bans
Altria, one of the world's largest tobacco producers and Juul's biggest investor, has spent more than $70,000 in Maine alone on a social media and email campaign to defeat a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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Lewiston-Auburn
Downtown Lewiston to host first Sip and Savor Week starting Saturday
Ten businesses will offer special pricing for food and drinks.
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Maine
Maine repaid federal government $400,000 for failing to put contract out for bids
Under Gov. Paul LePage, the Department of Health and Human Services improperly administered a grant for assistance to crime victims.
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Nation / World
CEOs from 145 companies implore Senate to act on gun violence
The chief executives of Levi Strauss, Twitter, Reddit and others urge expansion of background checks to all gun sales and stronger ‘red flag’ laws.
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Business
The Buzz II: Webster Street developer tries again with scaled-back senior housing plan
* Auburn Planning Board green lights turning a nursing home into market-rate apartments. * CMCC needed to grow classroom space, so it looked up . . .
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Business
Stalemate over remote pond holds up state panel’s decision on CMP power line
Members of the Land Use Planning Commission disagree on the 145-mile project's impact on 27-acre Beattie Pond.
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Business
Maine rejects tentative settlement in Purdue Pharma opioid crisis lawsuit
But the deal is opposed by Maine and many other states that have sued the company and its controlling family, the Sacklers, in state courts.
