In lawsuit, students say UMaine owes them tuition refund for remote semester
The students should not have had to pay after classes moved online because of the decline in overall quality of the education they received remotely, the lawsuit said.
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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.
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.
11th coronavirus case reported at Bath Iron Works
It’s the first coronavirus case at the shipyard since the end of a weekslong strike.
Bangor’s Hollywood Casino laying off employees as COVID-19 limits operations
Hollywood Casino in Bangor had 340 employees as of March 1, just prior to the pandemic and the casino’s forced shutdown.
Rockland clears way for $16.5M regional nursing home
City officials will require the Portland-based developer to conduct a traffic study for the project to ease fears from neighbors who are worried about congestion.
Former state tourism board leader dies at age 54
Chris Fogg, the former head of both the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Maine Tourism Association, died of a heart attack on Saturday at age 54.
How fishermen and lobstermen can apply for federal aid to offset tariff losses
The program, called the Seafood Trade Relief Program, provides cash relief to commercial fishermen.
Maine regulators seek standard offer proposals for ratepayers
Standard offer prices have been about 20 percent lower this year compared with 2019.
Mass. company buys Maine’s Tradewinds convenience stores
Energy North is purchasing the stores in Ellsworth, Orland, Veazie, Hampden, Brewer, Old Town, Eddington and Bangor.
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