The federal bureau that approves company expansions and beer labels for out-of-state sales has been closed since Dec. 22, preventing breweries from introducing new releases outside Maine.
2019
Posted inBusiness
Barclaycard to lay off hundreds as it closes Wilton call center
The town has scheduled an emergency meeting to try to coordinate help for the affected workers.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Partial government shutdown leaves some small businesses in tax limbo
Ambiguities in the revised federal code mean self-employed Mainers in the real estate and insurance industries may have to file for an extension or submit best-guess numbers.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Manafort shared Trump campaign data with ex-employee tied to Russian intelligence, document says
In a court filing Tuesday, the former Trump campaign chairman also denies lying repeatedly to prosecutors.
Posted inMaine
Federal shutdown pushing interest rate for Farmingdale fire station loan higher than estimated
Town officials are soliciting offers from local banks while interests rates have changed at the USDA, which is closed during the federal government’s shutdown.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state’s newly elected Democratic governor says she won’t support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
Father and son rescued from Mount Katahdin amid whiteout
Rangers were alerted to the hikers after seeing the lights from their headlamps on Dudley Trail.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Maine man accused of stealing enough items to fill 2 U-Hauls
Antiques, chain saws and toys are among the items police accuse the Thomaston man of stealing in dozens of burglaries.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn home surveillance videos show cars running stop sign — including one that hit her house
AUBURN — Since Gail Shelley installed a surveillance system two years ago at her house on Gamage Avenue, she has recorded — and published to Facebook — 98 videos of drivers running stop signs at a nearby intersection. But it was the most recent video of the intersection — at Park Avenue, Lake Street and […]
Posted inMaine, Politics
Mills says labor mural that LePage removed from labor department will stay put
A spokesman for the new Democratic governor says she will keep the mural on display at the Maine State Museum.