So-called ‘stranded learners’ rack up mountains of debt but none of the financial promise that a degree might afford them. And in Maine, tens of thousands of them have strayed from their educational paths.
Tom Bell
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Icelandic journalists seek support in Maine for Web-based magazine
The publication is aimed at the North Atlantic community and will focus on business, culture, current affairs and tourism.
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Portland in the running to host Arctic conference
The international meeting would be the first-ever such forum in the United States outside of Alaska.
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Nova Scotia casting a wide net to keep ferry to Maine afloat
Officials are asking for advice from industry experts, considering Bar Harbor as a port and seeking a subsidy from Maine.
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Maine groundfishermen hurt by quota cuts to receive $640,000 in disaster relief
About 40 crews will be paid the money over the next 18 months to help make up for financial losses from slashed limits in 2013.
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Second-year outlook brightens for Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry service
The operator says early bookings are ‘way up’ and it has a new cash subsidy, after a costly first season with weak passenger numbers.
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LePage to lead trade mission to Japan and China in October
The Maine delegation will visit the cities of Tokyo and Shanghai.
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Land-based aquaculture startup prepares to scale up in Maine
Acadia Harvest wins $1 million in grants and a ‘seal of approval’ for its plan to raise the prized yellowtail commercially at an indoor fish farm in Maine.
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Maine ranked as second-largest Atlantic fishing state, report says
An Icelandic bank that serves fisheries reports that scallops are the most valuable species, followed by lobsters.
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Otto Pizza expanding to Yarmouth
Its arrival will make four pizzerias competing for business within a mile of one another.