Maine businesses

Published
March 4, 2022

Maine businesses make few changes despite end of CDC mask advisory

Most retailers in the state already had dropped masking requirements for customers, and some had done so for public-facing workers.
Published
March 3, 2022

Maine scraps plan to beef up medical marijuana rules after industry objects

The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy said it will work with industry members to draft a more palatable set of rules.
Published
March 3, 2022

Maine awards $5 million in relief grants to small businesses

More than 380 small businesses across the state will receive up to $50,000 each through the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
Published
March 3, 2022

Mary Alice Scott joins Maine Association of Nonprofits as public affairs manager
Published
March 2, 2022

Con Edison proposes new power transmission line from Aroostook County

A subsidiary of energy delivery giant Consolidated Edison Inc. is seeking to connect planned energy projects in northern Maine to New England's electrical grid.

Published
February 28, 2022

Maine businesses boycott vodka brands, including some non-Russian ones

Gov. Janet Mills on Monday called for the State Liquor and Lottery Commission to delist all (two) Russian-made brands of spirits in Maine.
Published
February 28, 2022

Windham man lands unexpected role on CBS’s ‘Undercover Boss’

Kyron Hobdy, a maintenance technician for mobile carrier UScellular, thought he was participating in a (fictional) British TV show called 'Starting Over.'
Published
February 25, 2022

Maine seafood industry expects indirect hit from Russian invasion

Direct U.S. seafood imports were already banned from Russian markets, but the invasion of Ukraine could make the industry's ongoing economic problems worse.
Published
February 24, 2022

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram hires 4 reporters
Published
February 22, 2022

Committee rejects proposal for Maine lobster industry legal defense fund

Industry representatives and state officials said the bill could have unintended consequences and might be unconstitutional.