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Published
October 26, 2020

Company failed to report screws found in its pizza dough

Scarborough-based It’ll Be Pizza didn’t report the complaints it got from 3 consumers in September until after a former employee was charged in October with putting razor blades in dough balls at Hannaford stores.
Published
October 26, 2020

As new deadline approaches, employers take issue with emergency grant program

Confusing application language and requirements may have sunk chances for some struggling small businesses and nonprofits to get assistance in the state program’s first phase.
Published
October 24, 2020

CMP goes back to the future in bid to calm customers, short-circuit revolt

Under fire, Central Maine Power has rehired a beloved former CEO, David Flanagan, and revived a once-popular ad campaign. Will those actions sway public opinion?
Published
October 20, 2020

Maine economy added just 4,700 jobs in September, fewest in past 5 months

The state’s estimated unemployment rate was 6% for the month, but was likely higher because thousands of potential workers are no longer counted in the labor force.
Published
October 17, 2020

Maine fabrics manufacturer accuses Belarus of ‘dumping’ in U.S. market

The head of Auburn Manufacturing Inc. says her prices are being undercut by the European country’s cheaper products.
Published
October 13, 2020

Electricity Maine lawsuit approaches settlement, but state probe continues

The lawsuit mirrors allegations by the state’s public advocate, that the company used deceptive marketing practices to attract residential customers.
Published
October 13, 2020

State predicts Maine will lose nearly 16,000 jobs by 2028

But a shrinking labor market could increase wages and productivity, and an upswing in migration to the state could ease job losses, according to a new state analysis.
Published
October 11, 2020

Lack of support stalls Maine lawmaker’s push for consumer-owned power

A bill to replace privately owned electric utilities with a power authority run by an elected board was neutered at the last minute by its sponsor, Democratic Rep. Seth Berry. But Berry and other advocates aren’t giving up.
Published
October 5, 2020

Group pushes to close loophole in Maine’s ban on out-of-state waste

Environmentalists and grassroots activists say regulations let hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from other states go into Maine’s largest landfill.
Published
October 1, 2020

Maine’s first multitown solar project nears completion

The 4-megawatt project will provide power to municipal buildings in Topsham, Rangeley, Dover-Foxcroft, Rockland, Vassalboro and the Vassalboro Community School.