That translates into a man making $49,476 full time annually and a woman making $40,618, according to the study. Read More
Just five days after opening Orono Brewing Company’s new location at 61 Margin St. in Orono, OBC co-owners Abe and Heather Furth began work on the renovation of another building — this one in downtown Bangor. Read More
The Bangor City Council will float a plan Monday night to invest in cutting-edge data analytics to solve the commercial decline in the Bangor Mall and Hogan Road areas. Read More
Two recent appraisals cut the Bangor Mall’s value significantly, increasing pressure on new management to pump up revenue by filling empty stores and resigning two of the four anchor tenants, which have leases that expire within 18 months. Read More
In all, Bangor Daily News staff took home 48 awards for their writing, photography, design and advertising. Read More
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BANGOR — John Havlik, Former Elite Navy SEAL Captain, member of SEAL team SIX and U. S. Olympic Qualifying Swimmer, will give a talk on leadership essentials at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Gracie Theatre, Husson Univeristy. Havlik will share his thoughts on why… Read More
PORTLAND — Join the nonprofit Maine Technology Users Group’s for their 2nd annual Security Breakfast presentation “Security & the People Risk” from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 327 Commercial Street. Frank Appunn, Maine InfraGard Members Alliance, and IT & Security Professor/Consultant, Thomas College, discusses how enterprises can reduce one… Read More
ORONO – Stillwater Environmental Engineering, Inc. announced the promotion of Jeff Spaulding to project manager. Prior to his recent promotion, Jeff was an assistant project manager with SEE. Jeff earned a B.S. in Surveying Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. “Jeff has been with SEE since 2014… Read More
BANGOR — Kim Shaffer, LCPC Counseling Services, LLC has been selected for the 2018 Best of Bangor Award in the Counselor category by the Bangor Award Program. Each year, the Bangor Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local… Read More
The debate about whether Central Maine Power should be able to pipe hydroelectricity from Canada to Massachusetts through a new 145-mile transmission line corridor in western Maine boiled over this week. Read More
With almost no advance notice, the owners decided to open their doors at 61 Margin St. for the first time Tuesday. Read More
The company said the change to its New England Clean Energy Connect project addresses concerns of state environmental regulators, host communities and other stakeholders. Read More
Another public forum has been scheduled to discuss the proposal after the town faced outcry at its previous meeting on the subject. Read More
"It brings our staff together, it will provide efficiencies, and it will actually reduce our operating costs by being on one campus,” President Charlie Therrien said. Read More
Natural gas, which already generates more than half of New England’s electricity, could become the go-to fuel for both electricity generation and home heating during the next 20 years or more. Read More
Despite some towns in Maine dropping their recycling programs because of skyrocketing costs, a Maine island community is upgrading and streamlining its recycling process by offering single-sort recycling. Read More
“The marina comes up constantly in conversations with people." Read More
"If this continues to get worse, beers are going to be more of a luxury for people and less and less people are going to be able to afford it and enjoy it." Read More
Acadia National Park is offering a pretty good deal for firewood, with a few catches. Read More
From 2012 to 2017, Maine residential customers have spent $95.3 million more with private sellers, a market dominated by Electricity Maine, when compared with the standard offer. Read More
Congratulations – you’ve finally been offered the perfect job. Your new gig pays a high salary, provides benefits that seem a bit too good to be true, and offers numerous advancement opportunities. There is just one catch; your new job is in another city, state, or country. Relocating… Read More
Monday’s submission comes in response to a PUC order issued in July for a general rate investigation. CMP’s distribution rates were last reset in 2014. Read More
Kmart is the only large retailer in the far northern Maine town of about 4,000 people. Read More
If its charter is approved, Maine Harvest Credit Project claims it will become the first credit union in the country to lend only to farmers and food entrepreneurs. Read More
Bangor startup Mobile Price Card Inc. said Monday it plans to more than double its workforce during the next six months. Read More
River herring once appeared headed to the endangered species list, but they're now starting to turn up in rivers and streams at a rate that fishing regulators say is encouraging. Read More
After 24 years in downtown Bangor, Tesoro Pizzeria & Restaurant owners Fortunata and Rocco Agrusa are ready to toss their last pizza. Read More
With today’s data overloads, high school students and teachers will get a leg up on understanding the numbers behind well water contaminated with arsenic that leaches out of bedrock in Maine and New Hampshire. Read More
L.L.Bean and five Maine craft breweries are collaborating to release outdoor-inspired, small batch craft beer to coincide with the outdoor retailer’s latest small batch of boots made in Maine. Read More
