Eggs of invasive insect that targets maple syrup found in Maine
Egg masses of the spotted lanternfly have been found on trees in at least four communities.
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Hack of Texas vendor forces delay in Bangor court’s online records expansion
Texas-based Tyler Technologies landed a 10-year, $17 million contract to design Maine’s electronic court system in 2016.
Jay paper mill to lay off another 51 workers after April explosion
The news comes five months after a digester exploded and stopped pulp manufacturing and two months after 59 employees were laid off in July.
Poland Spring to build one of Maine’s largest solar arrays for Hollis bottling plant
The 47-acre array is expected to supply up to 25 percent of the current energy requirement at the plant.
Former worker at state senator’s Portland brewery says he was fired for pro-union stance
The former production worker at Rising Tide Brewing alleges he was fired because he was pro-union.
Spectrum allegedly owes more than $140,000 to southern Maine towns
Spectrum owes $142,000 in franchise fees to Cape Elizabeth, Casco, Cumberland, Gray, Harrison, Naples, New Gloucester, Windham and Yarmouth, according to an audit.
A cottage industry is growing to support Maine’s new recreational marijuana market
“The cannabis industry is not only about cannabis,” Jacques Santucci, the founder of Portland-based cannabis business consulting firm Nucleus One, said.
Maine waste company is sending interns to inspect people’s recycling bins
It’s part of an expanded effort to reduce contamination in the recycling stream.
Owner of Maine’s last professional camera and darkroom shop has died
Peter Doe, 65, the quirky owner of the state’s last independent professional photography and darkroom store, Photo Market, has died.
Nordic acquiring 2 Danish kingfish companies amid plans for massive Maine salmon farm
The deal will secure the companies as fully owned subsidiaries of Nordic Aquaculture and give them a lock on the market.
Feds allow Canadian loggers to threaten Maine jobs, Senate president says in complaint
Illegal Canadian competition “has left many Maine loggers and truckers struggling to find work and earn decent wages,” Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, said in the complaint.
3 longtime voices on Maine Public retire early amid financial pressure
The move comes as the network faces added financial pressure amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Versant Power warns customers of phone scams
Scammers are targeting customers and threatening to disconnect their service if they don’t make a payment within 30 minutes.
Maine regulators end emergency moratorium on utilities disconnections
Utilities can recommence normal disconnections beginning Nov. 1.
Northern Light Health patient data potentially exposed in cyberattack
Northern Light Health said that “limited” patient data may have been stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year.
Maine to hold a lottery for entry into scallop harvest
The scallops have been worth more than $10 per pound at the docks every year for the past eight years.
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