A national survey of consumers predicts e-commerce sales will increase by nearly $100 billion.
November 2016
Posted inBusiness
Mainers brave cold and drizzle to grab midnight deals on Black Friday
Meanwhile, retailers said they were stepping up their game to compete with online sellers and each other.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Florence Henderson, ‘The Brady Bunch’ mom, dies at 82
The blonde, ever-smiling Henderson was already a Broadway star before the iconic TV series, but after it began she would always be known to fans as Carol Brady.
Posted inAuto, New Cars
Electric cars get makers’ backing despite tiny market share
‘There’s the market of what the market wants, and there’s the market of what the federal government wants,’ an industry expert observes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Advisers warn businesses to hold fast despite OT rule delay
A federal judge has jeopardized the Dec. 1 launch of new OT rules, which could affect thousands of Maine workers.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
‘End-around’ in filling education post means instability, Maine lawmakers say
Gov. LePage’s latest acting commissioner pick once again delegates authority to his primary choice: William Beardsley.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors, Sports
More women are hunting … for the right apparel, too
Lamenting the lack of clothing designed sensibly for them, women who take to the woods say pretty doesn’t matter – it just needs to be as practical and durable as the gear made for men.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine conservation groups at odds over Sappi dam pact
The decades-long effort to restore upstream fish passage on the Presumpscot River is seen by one group as not going far enough.
Posted inMaine, News
Army veteran single mom seeks holiday gifts for 2-year-old son
Like hundreds of others, she will be helped, thanks to readers’ generosity.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: How many Maine voters neglected their duty?
The piece you published Nov. 12 by Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post, regarding the large number of registered voters across the country who chose not to vote, was interesting. But it would be even more interesting and relevant if you would report on the number of registered voters in Maine who chose not to […]