Maine business

Published
September 8, 2022

N.Y. firm to buy Yarmouth nursing home for $2.5 million

The sale of Coastal Manor continues a trend of consolidation in the industry as owners try to manage rising costs.
Published
August 19, 2022

Maine’s unemployment rate heads toward record low

The state's jobless rate hits the lowest point since the start of the pandemic and nears record lows set three years ago.
Published
August 16, 2022

Commentary: Inflation Reduction Act supports robust clean-energy economy in Maine

Solar companies like mine are now eager to increase our investment in the state.
Published
August 14, 2022

Did it work? The elusive impact of a $45 million state grant to grow jobs

The Maine Technology Institute, which awarded the taxpayer funds, makes very little data available about the investments.
Published
August 5, 2022

Our View: Amazon warehouse would be no boon to Maine

It’s OK to hope for better employment opportunities than those the ecommerce giant has to offer.
Published
August 1, 2022

Longtime Maine-based commercial banker announces retirement

Raymond "Chip" Kelly, KeyBank Maine market president, plans to retire in November after a more than 37-year career, 30 of which have been spent in Maine.
Published
July 29, 2022

ACLU says pot store camera requirements violate Maine’s ban on facial surveillance

State regulators say the draft rules to require recreational cannabis stores to use video cameras to record shoppers' faces simply update existing requirements to cover newly approved cannabis delivery.
Published
July 15, 2022

In effort to retain workers, Waterville-based Day’s Jewelers to lock its doors on Sundays

The employee-owned jeweler has operated seven days a week for decades, but a survey of workers found they were struggling with finding a balance between their professional and personal lives.
Published
June 20, 2022

Idexx closing subsidiary, ending business in Russia

The $3.2 billion veterinary medicine powerhouse kept operations going in Russia for four months after the invasion of Ukraine.
Published
June 14, 2022

Workers at Morrill teen mental health facility seek to unionize

Employees at Ironwood Maine say they intend to vote to form a union to improve pay, working conditions and standards of care at the residential program and school.