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Maine elver dealer: Season starts late with lower prices, ‘saner’ system
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s short but lucrative elver fishing season has started slowly, by all accounts, and prices are down dramatically from the 2012 peak … POLL QUESTION
Mexican restaurant Las Palapas in the works near Bangor Mall
BANGOR, Maine — The inside of the former Ninety Nine restaurant was shrouded in wood dust Tuesday as crews listening to a Spanish-language radio station …Hampden council OKs business park development deal
HAMPDEN, Maine — Town councilors voted unanimously Tuesday night to put the final development of the Hampden Business & Commerce Park into the hands of …
Anticipating sale of company, union representing FairPoint workers blasts LePage veto of new standards for telecom mergers
PORTLAND, Maine — Officials at the union that represents most employees of FairPoint Communications say telephone and broadband customers remain exposed to the negative consequences …
LePage nominates PUC alternates to overcome stalemate in Poland Spring case
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has nominated three retired judges to serve as alternates on the Maine Public Utilities Commission in an effort to …
Ban on Styrofoam food containers in Portland headed to council vote; grocery bag fee on hold
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland city councilors will vote on a proposed ban on food and beverage containers made of polystyrene foam, but an ordinance to …WIDGETS AND DIGITS (blog)
Red Sox insurer Cross Insurance lands affiliate Portland Sea Dogs
The Bangor-based Cross Insurance will provide insurance for the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate baseball team of the Boston Red Sox. Jonathan Cross, the insurer’s …BDN BLOGS
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Maine single-family home sales buck national decline, up 10 percent in first quarter
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Tax Incentives to Outside Businesses Never the Key to Economic Growth
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HACKING EDUCATION
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State fisheries officials plan to meet with public on aquaculture programs
PENOBSCOT, Maine — The Department of Marine Resources has scheduled …
Smartphone kill switches are coming
Smartphones need kill switches. It’s a relatively easy solution to …
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Who’s excited for the agricultural census?
I know I am. We know from the latest agriculture census — …Maine adds 8,000 payroll jobs since March 2013, unemployment rate dips below 6 percent
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s employment picture improved in March, with …Four Washington County communities and New Brunswick city explore regional economic development
CALAIS, Maine — A budding regional economic development effort received …States crack down on for-profit colleges, student loan industry
WASHINGTON — When Murray Hastie returned to New York in …
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A look at ‘The Good Life,’ the movement that changed Maine- Police investigating Dover-Foxcroft shooting
Despite vintage sales year, lack of qualified workers leads owner of Falmouth wine shop to close after 22 years
Doe stranded on lake saved by Hartland, St. Albans firefighters
Maine’s first virtual charter school needs 200 applications to open next year
Mary Mayhew, Jeanne Paquette: We’re reforming welfare in Maine through job training, placement
Corporations are not people, money is not speech, and the Constitution should say so
Legislature’s bonds package to spur job growth shows political favoritism, prescriptiveness
Earth Day 2014
Young marksman from Scarborough aims for slots on college, Olympic shooting teams
Melmed pitches Old Town to season-opening baseball win at Orono
Harsh winter forces later starting dates for many Maine golf courses
Mexican restaurant Las Palapas in the works near Bangor Mall
Penobscot Theatre Company creates an ‘Our Town’ for our time; show opens April 24
Big concerts in Maine, through June: From MIA to DMB, from Bangor to Portland
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