Five trends and takeaways from data on the city’s restaurant turnover.
COVID-19 pandemic
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Four chefs who left the culinary field talk about their second acts
When your whole life has been the kitchen, it may not be easy to figure out a new career.
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How the pandemic ‘sugar high’ led to Maine’s budget crunch
The days of eye-popping revenue growth are over, and lawmakers face a gap of $450 million in the next budget cycle.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine economic development commissioner steps down
Heather Johnson’s last day will be March 1.
Posted inBusiness
Business etiquette classes boom as people relearn how to act at work
The years spent apart from colleagues have rusted workers’ social skills, and new ways of working have spawned a host of fresh etiquette issues.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System students awarded refunds over online learning during COVID
About 16,180 students are eligible for the partial refund of tuition and fees after a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract for classes and services moving online during the spring 2020 semester.
Posted inBusiness, Cops & Courts, Local & State, News
North Berwick man pleads guilty to defrauding pandemic relief fund of $200,000
Frederick Avery received over $200,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program for a business he no longer owned.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A Mainer took refuge in her garden during COVID, then wrote about it
In the understated and evocatively written ‘A Gardener at the End of the World,’ Margot Anne Kelley muses on time, pandemics and plants.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Americans’ pandemic savings are gone – and the economy is bracing for impact
The resilience of American consumers – and their willingness to spend despite rising prices and high borrowing costs – has been a pillar of the economy’s unwavering strength in recent years.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Absent teachers risk costing American schools $4 billion a year
Low starting pay, burdensome student loans, attrition and a smaller teacher pipeline have exacerbated absences.