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Area car dealers hire employees, serve customers of shuttered Paris dealership

2 hours 55 min ago
Oxford County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram closed last month suddenly.

Portland City Council hits pause on deciding whether to pause venue developments

Mon, 04/28/2025 - 6:42pm
The council jumped on a last-minute motion to refer a controversial moratorium on large venues to committee, postponing a planned vote.

Maine’s clean electricity goals face unpredictable costs, availability

Mon, 04/28/2025 - 6:27pm
Beneficial electrification assumes oil and gas costs will rise, electricity will be more affordable and new generation sources will be available on a schedule aligned with target dates.

‘We did things backwards here’: Some Maine landowners see a future in ecological forest management

Mon, 04/28/2025 - 5:19pm
Foresters argue the pros and cons of various models of sustainable forestry, but the overall goal is the same: Timber harvests generate profits; woodlands remain healthy.

Meet the Mainers behind Renys’ ubiquitous, 4-word jingle

Mon, 04/28/2025 - 11:00am
The ad tune, created by David Melville, has been heard in Maine every day since 2011.

Moratorium on new Portland music venues, including Live Nation hall, comes up for a vote

Mon, 04/28/2025 - 4:00am
The City Council will hold a public hearing and a vote on the proposal Monday.

Maine’s electricity prices grew at third fastest rate in US, analysis shows

Sun, 04/27/2025 - 4:00pm
Securing cheaper, cleaner power has become harder than anticipated.

New ‘human-friendly’ dog park, bar and restaurant coming to South Portland

Sat, 04/26/2025 - 3:07pm
The Barkery Dog Bar, tentatively slated to open this year, will feature a full-service bar and fast-casual dining in addition to its main attraction, an indoor dog park.

Pineland Farms in New Gloucester to close fitness center in June

Sat, 04/26/2025 - 10:38am
But the working farm, recreational center and business park says that it is still looking to expand its offerings.

Mainers call on lawmakers to protect renters, boost housing production

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 5:17pm
The Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard from renters, advocates, landlords and developers during a daylong hearing on the state's housing crisis.

Gulf of Maine scallop fishery halted again, this time for the year

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 3:39pm
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects fisherman to reach the 675,563-pound harvest limit within the next few days.

L.L. Bean drops lawsuit against canvas tote copycat

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 1:38pm
4Imprint Inc. apparently no longer sells the 'boat tote' that prompted the Freeport-based retailer to claim trademark infringement.

Proposal for passenger rail to Bangor loses steam in committee

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 7:50pm
The Legislature's transportation committee says LD 487 'ought not to pass,' especially without assured funding from the Trump administration.

Maine home prices finally fell last month, but don’t celebrate yet

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 6:57pm
The last year-over-year sales decrease was in March 2019, when the median sale price was $200,000.

After drug arrest, Lewiston store owner talks plans for the future

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:01pm
One day after police announced that the owner of Garden of Via had been arrested for drug trafficking, Sami-Luqman Muhammad spoke from his shop at 260 Lisbon St.

UMaine’s offshore wind projects were nearly complete when the Trump administration ordered them to stop work

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 12:13pm
The University of Maine was told it has failed to comply with federal grant requirements, just weeks out from launching it's most experimental floating wind turbine yet.

We know about Tesla, but what are Mainers saying with their Subarus?

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 11:00am
As the connotations of driving a Tesla put the cars' owners in a twist, we look at the state's most popular vehicles and why we gravitate toward them.

Maine is among a dozen states suing the Trump administration to stop its tariff policy

Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:45pm
The lawsuit says the tariff policy has been subject to President Donald Trump’s ‘whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.’

Proposed autism registry is ‘dangerous,’ Maine disability rights activists say

Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:25pm
The Trump administration has announced a sweeping autism study that uses private medical records from federal and commercial databases.

Maine’s new paid family leave law faces several efforts to hamstring program

Wed, 04/23/2025 - 3:26pm
The Legislature's labor committee on Wednesday aired more than a dozen bills that would amend, delay or outright repeal the 2023 law.

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