Employees of online retailer Wayfair walked out of offices in Massachusetts and Maine on Wednesday afternoon to protest $200,000 in sales the company made to a federal contractor managing detention centers that house migrant children.  In Boston, several hundred people joined the protest at a plaza near the company’s headquarters, a mix of employees and […]

The state Public Advocate Office wants to conduct a new test of Central Maine Power’s error-prone billing system, meant to detect patterns among customers who have complained about high bills.  In a filing late Monday at the Public Utilities Commission, Public Advocate Barry Hobbins seeks permission to test 1,369 accounts that led to complaints about […]

RICHMOND — Neighbors of a proposed 14-lot subdivision off Route 201 in Richmond on Tuesday urged the planning board to deny several waivers sought by the developer. Requested waivers range from requiring internal connector roads and sidewalks to mapping the historic stone walls. The sheer number of waivers requested angered neighbors of the proposed  Pleasant Ridge Subdivision. […]

BATH — With construction of Bath’s new high school underway, the city wants to hear residents’ ideas on what they should do with the old Morse High School building. However, a gathering Tuesday produced no clear consensus as to what to do with the nearly-century-old building. Many said at least some of the building should […]

Twelve local organizations have received $50,000 in grants from The Maine Women’s Giving Tree, a local philanthropy that focuses on the needs of children, women and families in Midcoast communities from Freeport to Wiscasset. The 2019 grants bolster efforts that range from providing art therapy to young children, to transporting seniors to necessary appointments, and to […]