Despite its record-breaking value, the haul was one of the smallest in the past decade. It was a huge jump in price that pushed the value over the top.
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Maine businesses and residents feel inflation’s bite
Business owners and consumers say higher prices threaten to slow the state’s economic recovery as inflation hits a 40-year high.
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Roger Poitras joins InterMed as chief executive
NEW HIRES Roger Poitras has joined InterMed as CEO. Poitras brings 35 years of combined clinical, operational and business development experience. He most recently served as chief strategy officer for Ascension Health in Florida and Alabama. Houston McGuirk has joined the personal insurance team at Allen Insurance and Financial. McGuirk, of Belmont, became an experienced […]
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Proposal for lobster industry legal defense fund gets divided response
The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee took comment Tuesday on a proposal to help pay for the industry’s court battles against regulators.
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Maine leaders seek delay of May 1 deadline for whale-friendly lobstering gear
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation say the federally mandated equipment is expensive and hard to get.
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Mills administration cracking down on employer wage and hour violations
The state Department of Labor returned about $470,000 in unpaid wages to Maine workers in 2021, almost double the amount in 2019. Now it is naming violators online.
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Pilot internship program aims to feed Maine’s growing aquatic farm industry
The aquaculture internship program will initially target students from Maine’s community colleges, starting with the one in Washington County.
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Gorham Savings Bank hires Dimitri Michaud as its new COO
NEW HIRES Gorham Savings Bank has hired Dimitri Michaud as its new chief operating officer. Michaud, of Kennebunkport, brings nearly two decades of experience in business strategy and operations from leadership roles in the public and private sectors. Michaud was previously chief operating officer for HealthInfoNet. He also has served as director of strategy and […]
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Medical cannabis sellers say scaled-back overhaul of rules still would go too far
The proposed rules, pared down from a prior proposal, still include requirements that industry members say are labor-intensive and cost-prohibitive.
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To-go cocktails may stay awhile in Maine, but health advocates say not forever
Bars and restaurants say to-go alcohol sales have helped them weather the pandemic, but public health organizations say they shouldn’t continue indefinitely.