Companies are posting job openings – a record 9.2 million in May – faster than applicants are showing up to fill them.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Biden announces tougher pollution standards, effort to increase electric vehicle sales
The Biden administration wants automakers to raise gas mileage and cut tailpipe pollution between now and model year 2026.
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Masks for students and staff among fall safety initiatives at RSU 21
The school board voted in favor of the measures at an Aug. 2 meeting.
Posted inMaine, News
Caribou man killed in wrong-way turnpike crash in Kittery
Maine State Police say it appears Caleb Ewing, 29, of Caribou was driving north in the southbound lanes when the crash occurred shortly after midnight.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Cape Elizabeth resident wins Central Maine Idol
Katie Oberholtzer, a local singer, received $10,000 as the grand prize.
Posted inOlympics, Sports
U.S. men’s basketball rallies to advance to gold medal game
Down by 15 points in the first half, the Americans storm back to rout Australia, 97-78, in the semifinals.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Researchers test ropeless lobster trap technology with eye toward whale protection
Most of the testing is now being done in Massachusetts but one of the developers is looking for Maine lobstermen to test the technology.
Posted inNation & World, Olympics, Sports
U.S. women’s soccer team beat Australia for an Olympic bronze medal
This is the second Olympics the American women have failed to reach the gold medal match.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Fire destroys cabin of New Hampshire man forced out of woods, jailed
While in jail for refusing to leave the small shack he built and lived in for 27 years, David Lidstone’s cabin was burned to the ground.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Nominations available for Old Orchard Beach Town Council, RSU 23 School Board
Papers due Sept. 3 for Nov. 2 vote.