Newly released survey data suggests that more residents are being enticed into the workforce as the state’s unemployment rate remains unusually low.
Christian MilNeil
Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press Herald in 2012. He’s especially interested in design, city politics, cartography and climate change. If you’re in Portland, you might see him bicycling to work, or just for fun.
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Interactive map: New office buildings in Greater Portland
Nearly half a million square feet of new office space is either in the planning stages or under construction in Portland and Westbrook.
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Interactive map: See where new hotels are going up in Greater Portland
Over 1,600 new hotel rooms have been built in Portland and South Portland since 2003, and another 700 rooms along the Portland waterfront are planned.
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ThawTrac: warm air brings huge swings in Maine temperatures
Friday’s temperatures were up to 70 degrees warmer than they were at the beginning of the month.
Posted inLocal & State
Interactive map: see where (and when) Portland’s sewers are overflowing
Over 162 million gallons of untreated sewage overflowed from Portland’s sewer system in 2017 – roughly equivalent to the volume of 245 Olympic swimming pools.
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Want real-time notifications on sewer overflow events in Portland? Follow @CascoBayBot
Our Twitter bot monitors local rainfall reports and tweets when Portland’s sewers are likely to overflow into Casco Bay. Here’s how it works.
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ColdTrac: more record-breaking cold for Friday, Dec. 29
The weather station at Sanford airport marked the state’s coldest temperature this morning, bottoming out at -25 degrees.
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ColdTrac: record-setting cold for the morning of Thursday, Dec. 28
Several of Maine’s airport weather stations observed record-low temperatures this morning, while northwest winds made it feel even colder.
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ColdTrac: wind chills for the afternoon of Dec. 27
Increasing westerly winds pulled wind chill values below zero across much of interior Maine on Wednesday afternoon.
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A year of car vs. moose: See where Maine moose crashes happened
Crash data compiled from police reports from September 2016 through Labor Day weekend of 2017 indicate that motorists are most likely to crash into moose during the evening hours and during the month of June.