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The Peaks Island ferry glides past the Portland Pipe Line Corporation's terminal facility in South Portland Friday Feb. 1, 2013 where tankers unload oil bound for Montreal.

American Petroleum Institute threatens lawsuit over tar sands in letter to South Portland City Council

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The American Petroleum Institute last week sent a letter to the South Portland City Council to warn that a proposed moratorium …

US Cellular builds new tower in Bangor

BANGOR, Maine — U.S. Cellular has constructed a new cell tower in Bangor to improve its network in the area. The new tower is near …

Latest wave of identity thefts targets Maine children and elderly

PORTLAND, Maine — The identity of one 17-year-old boy was being used by 12 different strangers across multiple states racking up nearly $60,000 in bad …
Louanne and Mark Schoninger, owners of Bath Natural Foods, continue a 35-year legacy of health food stores at 36 Centre St. in Bath.

Store owners celebrate 35 years of natural food sales in Bath

BATH, Maine — The City of Ships has also been a city of health food for 35 years. Louanne and Mark Schoninger, the owners of …

Investigation into Bangor Gas’ parent company raises concerns in Maine

BANGOR, Maine — Regulators in Ohio are preparing to launch an investigation into the parent company of Bangor Gas Co. after an audit uncovered questionable …
Jay Lombard of Portland developed Finest Kind Tea Concentrate to give tea lovers a beverage on the go.

Tea for one: Maine entrepreneur offering a healthy alternative to soda

Sold in 16-ounce glass apothecary bottles, the strong tea blends can be fizzed up, iced down, heated or blended with tap water.

Rising job openings show companies poised to hire

WASHINGTON — Job openings climbed in October to the highest level in more than five years, showing employers were looking beyond the budget impasse in …
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Hermon manufacturer prepares to expand, add jobs, according to LePage

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EDUCATION: FUTURE IMPERFECT

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Brunswick Landing- Accelerating an Innovative & Renewable Future

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    Kate McAleer

    Organic candy-bar maker relocating to Rockland

    Hermon manufacturer to expand, expects to add 40 jobs in coming years

    HERMON, Maine — Ntension, a manufacturer of tension-fabric structures based …

    Mel Watt wins confirmation to lead Fannie, Freddie agency

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Mel Watt was confirmed to a top …
    One half of a super suite in the new inpatient wing of Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.

    With $2M campaign, Cianchette family renews support for Pittsfield hospital — half a century later

    Liam Griffith, 14, worked with another student to mark locations where winter flounder had been caught on a nautical chart. He is one of 45 students participating in the Eastern Maine Skippers Program.

    High school students investigate viability of a flounder fishery in Maine

    Mike Brown (left) and Gary Crouse load quahogs into a truck from their boat on Upper New Meadows Lake in June 2011.

    With a cut in clamming licenses looming, Brunswick harvesters consider digging quahogs to save jobs

    Sidney Epstein

    Bangor-area real estate mogul Sidney Epstein dies at 100

    MAINE AT WORK (blog)

    The real cost of your ‘value meal’? Full-time workers living at or below poverty line

    Lauren Verow, 25, of Hampden is among several thousand Mainers who administer or use buy, sell or swap pages on Facebook.

    Facebook a burgeoning home to Maine’s sellers, swappers

    This photo shows the kitchen area of an abandoned Aeon Group property in Cleveland. Aeon foreclosed on dozens of houses and abandoned them when they did not sell, leaving rotting porches, shattered windows and collapsed walls,

    Mysterious company buys tax liens ‘like a machine,’ uses hardball tactics on homeowners

    Draft rules on tuna harvesting draw fire

    Congressman John Tierney, Massachusetts’ other U.S. House lawmakers, and U.S. …

    Maine company aids solar energy project that will power three NH town buildings

    DURHAM, N.H. — Construction is nearly finished on a $410,000 …
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    New Ratewatcher Telecom Guide offers unbiased advice on Maine utilities’ services

    Governor Burton M. Cross, left, and E. Spencer Miller, president of Maine Central Railroad, wave from the front of Steam locomotive 470 at Union Station in Bangor in this June 1954 file photo.

    Waterville council approves sale of 1924 locomotive for restoration, relocation to Ellsworth

    Andrea King, owner of Aristelle, a bra fitting and fine lingerie store in Portland, likes to use "real-shaped" models in her advertising — including her pregnant self and her mother.

    New Portland lingerie store uses ‘local, real women’ to show the benefit of bras that fit

    Gov. Paul LePage speaks to a packed room at Beal College about the college's new business concentrations and local entrepreneur initiative on Friday.

    Beal College to launch entrepreneurship program in hopes of sparking more Maine startups

    The container ship Reykjafoss makes its way through Portland Harbor on Wednesday afternoon en route to the International Marine Terminal.

    Maine creates office to coordinate North Atlantic trade opportunities

    Small businesses owners across Maine received this green envelope and form that Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is calling a "scam."

    Maine secretary of state warns businesses about ‘scam’ letter in green envelope

    Spencer Wood took 2nd place in the UMaine Business Challenge this year. He came up with the idea for a small piece of exercise equipment that anyone can use in a hotel room or a dorm room if a gym isn't available. Wood is now working on his masters degree in human development at the University of Maine and calls his invention the PerFit. He is in the process of putting a patent on his invention.

    UMaine competition seeks to create entrepreneurs and keep them in state

    Mike Seile

    Bangor YMCA CEO, Camp Jordan director both resign

    Gov. Paul LePage

    All six New England governors commit to joint energy infrastructure agenda

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