WASHINGTON U.S. home prices climbed at more than double the rate of incomes in January, a trend that could ultimately create affordability challenges for buyers. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.7 percent from a year earlier, a slight increase from the 5.6 percent annual increase in December, according to a report […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: If you are looking for a position, job or career, plan to meet 52 employers with immediate job openings. It’s today, Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2 Columbus Drive in Brunswick. Sponsors are the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber, Maine Career Center […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. A political deal to raise California’s minimum wage to a nation-leading $15 an hour could help some workers cope with the state’s crushing cost of living but also deprive other low-wage earners of jobs altogether, economists said as Gov. Jerry Brown and other leaders touted what would be a landmark agreement. California’s economy […]

WISCASSET T he public is invited to join ReVision Energy and members of the Morris Farm community for an upcoming solar celebration of new and changing solar options in Maine. The focus of the celebration will be the farm’s 15.6 kilowatt solar array, financed through a power purchase agreement with ReVision Energy, as well as […]

BATH Bath Savings Institution recently announced the promotions of several employees. Patricia Taggart of West Bath has been promoted to vice president. She has been with Bath Savings for 18 years and manages the bank’s largest office in Bath. Under her leadership, deposits in Bath have more than doubled to $289 million. Taggart is actively […]

BRUNSWICK 1. First of all, tell us a little about yourself, such as where you grew up, went to school, other careers you have had, and some of your hobbies. I grew up in the Augusta area — I still live there, proudly, in Hallowell. I went to college in Boston at the University of […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia Thousands of taxi drivers caused traffic chaos in the Indonesian capital Tuesday in a violent protest against what they say is unfair competition from ride-hailing apps such as Uber. TV footage showed long lines of taxis and three-wheel minicabs blocking a central expressway, men setting tires alight and jumping on vehicles that refused […]

Johnson & Johnson has ramped up its ambitious project to learn how to predict who will develop particular diseases and find therapies to prevent or stop the disease early, when it’s most treatable. Since the health care giant announced its groundbreaking project in February 2015, it’s expanded to include two dozen research programs with partners […]

WEST BATH Bob Bittner, a West Bath resident and owner of Bath’s WJTO, recently purchased two additional Maine radio stations — WLAM Lewiston-Auburn (AM 1470) and WLVP Greater Portland (AM 870). Because both stations have directional antennae, and each one serves its own market, historically they have both broadcast the same programming, a tradition Bittner […]

LEWISTON — Northeast Bank recently announced that Todd Zukowski has joined the bank as vice president commercial loan officer and member of its commercial banking team. Zukowski comes to Northeast Bank with more than 25 years of banking experience within the Portland region, specializing in commercial lending services. Most recently, he served as vice president, […]