South Portland native Sam Helmke replaces Chef Mimi Weissenborn.
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Portland voters will decide on a $19 minimum wage this November
The City Council voted 5-4 to send a measure to increase the city’s minimum wage to the ballot. Opponents say the proposal could cause layoffs and closures, while supporters contend that the growing cost of living in the city has made it impossible to make ends meet.
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Portland voters will decide on a $19 minimum wage this November
The City Council voted 5-4 to send a measure to increase the city’s minimum wage to the ballot. Opponents say the proposal could cause layoffs and closures, while supporters contend that the growing cost of living in the city has made it impossible to make ends meet.
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Large coal pile on Portland waterfront could be removed by 2030
The City Council voted Monday night to require all such piles be covered by 2027 and removed by 2030. The Sprague Energy coal pile is the only one in the city that would be affected.
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Asian House to take over Dok Mali Noodle Bar in South Portland
The new owners also have a restaurant in Old Orchard Beach.
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Celebration of ‘everything tomatoes’ draws hundreds to Buxton farm
The first Snell Family Farm Tomato Festival featured farm stands, vendors and lots of tomato-themed foods.
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Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
Remote work made it possible for more people to live here. It has helped the state but is straining it, too.
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Portland businesses share concerns as City Council considers $20 minimum wage
Supporters say pay hasn’t kept up with the cost of living, while opponents say they would have to lay off staff to account for the increase and note that voters shot down a similar proposal in 2022.
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Yarmouth pauses development to ease strain on aging sewage treatment system
The Royal River Pump Station must be replaced, town officials say, because it’s running at capacity and has caused recent system overflows.
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Canada lifts tariffs on most imports from Maine under trade pact with US, Mexico
A Canadian government official says that Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact.