Business
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The brewery and taproom, which opened in August on the north shore of Cobbosseecontee Lake, take their inspiration from the local history of drinking and dancing.
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Despite pervasive 'supply skepticism,' the evidence suggests the answer is yes: As the number of homes grows in an area, prices tend to fall and lower-cost units get freed up. But advocates say it takes time – and there are many hurdles.
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NENPA judges said 'we applaud the newspapers’ persistent efforts to learn and report what happened, what failings may have occurred, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent another tragedy.'
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The game maker bought some land in 2017 as part of a stunt aimed at blocking a southern border wall.
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Potential supply shortages are plaguing the world's largest coffee producer as well as the second-biggest – Vietnam.
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The owner of the shuttered nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers.
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FedEx drags markets down as stocks drift around their all-time highs and close on a quieter note.
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The effort is part of the Biden administration's continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in the sector.
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The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring of the systemwide IT department, Chief Information Officer Robert Placido told workers Friday afternoon in an email obtained by the Press Herald.
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The aircraft manufacturer has started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees to conserve cash.
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Hussam Al Rawi and his wife, Kathryn Piper, opened Five Pillars Butchery, a halal meat processing business in 2017, after moving to Maine the previous year. The couple were awarded nearly $3 million in federal grants earlier this year to add a slaughterhouse to the butchery at 119 Bangor Road.
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Mortgage rates dropped in anticipation of the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in more than 4 years, meaning buyers who were priced out may start house hunting again.
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The gains followed rallies for markets across Europe and Asia after the Federal Reserve delivered the first cut to interest rates in more than four years late on Wednesday.
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Customers will soon have the option to pay directly from their bank accounts with instant transfers for online purchases.
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Tim Walz is worth about $1 million – less than about 6 out of 10 adults in his demographic. JD Vance, who grew up in poverty, is now a multimillionaire.
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The state Department of Labor hopes a new rule that went into effect Thursday will end a pattern of small fines and few collections of penalties.
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Separate teen accounts for those under 18 are part of an effort to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.
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The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand.
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The national median sales price rose 3.1% from a year earlier to $416,700. That's the highest median price for August on records going back to 1999.
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Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. was the only mill eligible for the tax credit meant to help modernize equipment and save jobs.
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Councilor Donald Cushing, who proposed a last-minute resolution to withdraw support for the connector, called the debate over adding items to an agenda midmeeting "parliamentary hoo-ha."
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The Artisan's Marketplace will be between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at 9 Market Square
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The nonendorsement comes 2 days after union leaders and members met privately with Vice President Kamala Harris so she could lay out her case for an endorsement.
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The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube's most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted meal breaks and rest time for competitors.
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The effects could ripple out well beyond those who lost jobs at the sprawling plant in Jarratt, a once-bustling railroad town about 60 miles south of Richmond.
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The central bank is acting because, after 11 rate hikes since March 2022, it feels confident that inflation is finally mild enough that it can begin to ease the cost of borrowing.
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The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than four years, reflects its new focus on bolstering the job market, which has shown clear signs of slowing.
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Cannabis Cured, the cultivator and retailer that sold the contaminated products, maintains that its samples passed an initial round of state-mandated testing.
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Plus, Golden Lotus closes, a buzzy menu at Union with honey from its rooftop hives and more annual food festivals.
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The PUC agrees to waive state review of the deal in which Spanish energy giant Iberdrola will acquire the remaining shares in Central Maine Power's parent company, Avangrid.
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The Federal Reserve could provide an additional boost to consumers and the economy by lowering borrowing costs.
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Businesses like Ford, Harley-Davidson and Lowe's are ending their participation in the Corporate Equality Index amid pressure from conservative activists.
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'Sensitive' content will be limited, a 'sleep mode' will turn off notifications overnight, and teens will receive notifications after 60 minutes of using the app.
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Officials said that the 8 areas could produce as much as 13 gigawatts of clean wind energy – enough to power 4.5 million homes.
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The change would have moved outgoing mail processing from Hampden to a facility in Scarborough, roughly 130 miles away.
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TikTok argues that the law is unconstitutional, while the Justice Department says it is needed to eliminate a national security risk due to the platform's Chinese ties.
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The system's board of trustees approved $650,000 in capital improvement funds for planning and some renovations to 7 Custom House St. as part of a $100 million project.
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The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States
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The rate cut expected Wednesday is likely to be just the first that should make borrowing more affordable now that the Fed has deemed high inflation to be all but defeated.
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When the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away, the next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — are poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy
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The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.
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Washington state is going to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons, which owns 19 Shaw's supermarkets in Maine, and Kroger.
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Opponents of the proposed four-lane toll highway from South Portland to Gorham raise additional concerns about the Maine Turnpike Authority project.
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At stake in the next two months are the votes of frustrated homebuyers and renters in battleground states.
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The shortage affects nursing home and assisted-living jobs of all kinds, from nurses and personal care assistants, to food service workers and maintenance staff.
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Tom and Kathleen Reed are looking to sell their property after trying for two years to open a day care business at an historic home near Lake Auburn.
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There are roughly 10 empty storefronts on a half-mile stretch of Congress Street, an issue that people say detracts from the vibrancy of the neighborhood.
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A shift in incentives to whole-home heat pumps prompts questions about cost and vulnerability in power outages.
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The new sports bar is partnering with Caesars Sportsbook to offer Maine's first retail betting site.