The preliminary figure of 2.9% for February has not been seen since 1976.
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Press Herald owner Reade Brower will acquire newspapers in Biddeford and Brunswick
The deal also will include Mainely Media’s array of weekly publications in southern Maine.
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Verso strikes deal with Canadian companies that could net up to $42 million
If the U.S. Department of Commerce decides to revoke tariffs that originally were meant to protect American paper companies, Verso would receive a cut of the refund.
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Recruiting workers for Maine’s growing waterfront economy is workshop focus
The forum on job opportunities is organized by the Waterfront Alliance and is scheduled for Friday in Portland.
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Growth in Mainers’ personal income trailed nation’s in 2017
Mainers took in an average of 2.7 percent more, lower than the 3.1 percent national rate but higher than the increase in three other New England states.
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USDA awards $1.5 million loan for solar project
The award will help offset the cost of a 1.5-megawatt solar farm installed at the former Navy base in Brunswick.
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Portsmouth-Kittery bridge now projected to open March 30
The long-delayed Sarah Mildred Long bridge project has been a given a little extra time because of bad weather.
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High-profile restaurant owners, charged with writing bad checks for $19,000, have left Maine
Thomas and Shannon Bard, who owned Zapoteca in Portland and face a civil judgments in the tens of thousands, could face jail time and fines of $5,000 to $20,000.
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Maine regulators will investigate shocking increase in some CMP customers’ bills
The Public Utilities Commission wants to take a deeper look at factors that could reveal why more than 1,000 customers of Central Maine Power Co. received inexplicably high bills this winter.
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New cheese shop coming to Portland in June
The Cheese Shop of Portland will open initially in a renovated shipping container at the corner of Washington Avenue and Marion Street.