The owners of Terlingua, a barbecue restaurant on Washington Avenue in Portland, say the move into Silly’s former space will allow them to expand.
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The Wrap: Restaurant changes, bundt cakes and smoked seafood
Lio makes changes, Schulte & Herr takes a short break, and a Monument Square coffee shop changes hands.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine home sales set record in September
Sales of existing single-family homes increased by 11% from a year earlier, while the median home sales price increased by 6.4% to $228,750.
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New 10-cent surcharge on Maine phone lines will fund broadband expansion
The surcharge approved by the Legislature will be used to support broadband expansion projects in the state starting in 2020.
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Slow rollout in marijuana sales costs Maine revenue and jobs
Three years after legalizing adult-use marijuana, the state’s still waiting for retail shops. Consultants say the economy paid the price as dollars and expertise went elsewhere.
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Yelp! The real people behind those contentious online reviews
Reviewers for online sites speak out about why they do it.
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Internet companies leave customers in the dark on storm-related outages
Providers don’t disclose the scope of outages or predict when service will be restored – because they don’t want to, and because they can’t.
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Maine’s jobless rate for September, at 2.9%, extends historic low streak
The state’s estimate of unemployed people in the Portland metro area was even lower, at 1.9%.
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Biological sciences industry on the rise in Maine, new report shows
Job growth in the sector has been 14% over the past 5 years, compared with only 4% for all industries combined, says the Bioscience Association of Maine.
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UMaine gets $1.1 million for forest economy plan
The federal grant will help advance a plan to boost Maine’s forest economy with new products and technology.