Islands with year-round residents need emergency responders, gas station attendants, postal workers, store clerks and teachers. When there’s nowhere for vital workers to live, they turn elsewhere. It’s eroding a storied way of life.
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Business news and information from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inBusiness, Food
From Delhi to Dubai: The global food trends to watch
A dispatch from the Summer Fancy Food Show featuring Korean carbonara and treats designed to fit your GLP-1 diet.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine’s high court hears Bath Iron Works lawsuit over paid family leave rules
The shipyard and the Maine Chamber of Commerce sued the state over a new 1% payroll tax. It could affect 1,500 companies and 40% of the state’s workers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
Maine shipyards would get boost from defense spending proposal
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved additional investments in the state shipyards, with billions allocated to shipbuilding programs and the procurement of new ships for the U.S. Navy.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Otto Pizza in Auburn and Gorham will remain closed for now
The future of the locations is uncertain after owner Greg Ingrao died in March.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
West Paris Explorers program has a home after more than a year of transitions
The extended school program has finally landed in a permanent home on Route 26.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Portland to pay $15M to move on from failed Midtown housing project
The City Council voted Monday to buy 3 vacant lots for nearly $13 million more than the original purchase price and put almost a decade of litigation behind it.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Vote postponed again on moratorium that would stop Live Nation venue
A series of technical issues that made it difficult for people in overflow rooms, online and in the hallway to hear prompted the Portland City Council to postpone most of the items on their meeting agenda on Monday night.
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Portland seafood wholesaler to be acquired by New York company
The sale could pave the way for Bristol Seafoods to expand beyond its 100 employees and facilities on the Portland Fish Pier, CEO Peter Handy said.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Was your info taken in the Lewiston hospital breach? Here’s what to know
The data breach stems from an incident in late May prompting St. Mary’s Health System to take its computer data system offline.