The Fed’s cure seems to be effective at curbing inflation, but the unemployment rate has scarcely budged since the first of 11 rate hikes was imposed.
2023
Posted inBusiness
Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it’s also embracing the technology
Getty Images has a huge collection of stock photographs, but if none of them floats your boat, it will make a new one to specs, on the spot.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Here’s when your favorite show may return as writers strike is on the verge of ending
A tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry’s dual walkouts may be over soon
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford inches forward on new fire substation, appoints members to building committee
Three Biddeford residents — Paul Brady, James Plamondon and Scott Joslin — will serve on the committee.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Ruralist Lament: Bam bam bamboozled
It was a growing season for the record books, globally the hottest on record: Featuring too much heat and too much rain— nearly a year’s worth over one summer. And as a capper, Covid came calling again. My wife caught it and so I tended to the customers at the vegetable stand. One cucumber-consumer of […]
Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Seven Republican presidential candidates qualify for 2nd debate Wednesday night
Former President Donald Trump is skipping his second straight debate, this time opting to meet with union workers in Michigan.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Kennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Site walk for York County first responder training center set for Oct. 16
ALFRED – York County government’s plan to build an all hazards first responder training center will improve local department’s recruiting ability and bolster the skills of recruits who would be able to get training close to home, county officials say. On Sept. 18, members of the Alfred Planning Board voted unanimously that the project application […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Antarctica just hit a record low in sea ice – by a lot
Antarctica reached its annual maximum coverage this year on Sept. 10, about 13 days earlier than average.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Kennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
County to mull dredge ownership question.
ALFRED – Last fall York County Commissioners approved the purchase of a dredge, designed to help combat coastal erosion, nourish beaches with sand, and help keep waters navigable. Now, with the formation of the Southern Maine Dredge Authority, the county has been asked to decide the ownership. The county had been awarded $40 million in […]
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Alfred denies, then rescinds and tables York County recovery center project
ALFRED — The Alfred Planning Board on Sept. 18 first voted to deny York County government’s application for a substance use recovery center on property it owns on Route 4, on grounds the application was for more beds than the town’s zoning ordinance allows. Later that evening, the board rescinded the vote and tabled the […]