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Versant taps Canadian utility executive as new president
Erica Young will begin leading Maine’s second-largest electricity provider next year.
Endangered North Atlantic right whale numbers up slightly
For the fourth year in a row, estimated annual births outnumbered deaths for the critically endangered species.
Waldoboro eel operation for sale as part of bankruptcy reorganization
American Unagi short-circuited the eel market when it opened in 2014 and became the first company in the U.S. to grow baby eels to full size.
Maine electricity supply cost may rise in addition to rate increase sought by CMP
The supply cost hike is tied largely to wholesale natural gas prices that are on track to keep rising in 2026, in part because more gas will be shipped overseas.
Maine Trust for Local News wins more than 100 awards at annual press contest
The Maine Press Association added 2 former journalists from the Portland Press Herald to its Hall of Fame.
40,000 Mainers’ Medicare Advantage plans will be canceled next year
Insurance companies are scaling back Medicare Advantage offerings and leaving some parts of the state, insurance regulators announced Friday.
Layoffs loom for 2,500 Maine state workers who are federally funded
The layoffs would be done according to seniority, so federally funded employees could bump less senior workers whose jobs are state funded.
Stonewall Kitchen to end candle production in Wells
The York-based company is eliminating 32 jobs and outsourcing production of its Village Candles to a third party in New Hampshire.
Maine company will reissue otter T-shirt Taylor Swift wore in ‘Showgirl’ film
Liberty Graphics in Midcoast Maine will reprint the shirt as part of a fundraising campaign to benefit the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Swifties donated more than $1.3 million in a day.