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Changes to Maine's mining law didn't go far enough, said Mary and Gary Freeman, who in 2021 discovered a lithium deposit on their land estimated to be worth $1.5 billion.

The chief economist at Moody's Analytics included the state among nearly 2 dozen considered 'in or at high risk' of a recession, but the Maine state economist is pushing back and says employment is steady.

Nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent and Houlton Regional Hospital are working without a contract and say concerns about staffing, recruitment, pay and safety have not been addressed in negotiations.

The funding will cover five new passenger jet bridges and snow removal equipment, and is part of a grant package approved by the Portland City Council in January.

A recent report found that projects off Massachusetts and Rhode Island could have driven down wholesale electricity costs throughout the region if they had not been delayed.

Some Affordable Care Act enrollees could see premiums jump even higher if Congress doesn't extend subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025.

A restaurant with two established locations is returning pub food to Freeport's menu, almost a year after the closure of the Jameson Tavern.

Bath Area Family YMCA and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works recently celebrated their partnership with the opening of the Early Learning Center at Cook's Corner.

The average daily volume of Canadians using the turnpike from May through August fell from 2,377 in 2024 to 1,339 this year.

For three years, owner Simone Laboa and his crew at Solo Pane e Pasticceria in downtown Bath have been making a delicious mess. With this summer’s expansion of Solo Pane’s dining space and menu, that mess will get even bigger — and better. Laboa, a 27-year-old native of Genova, Italy, explains that the root of […]

The Brunswick Town Council has been taking steps in recent months to explore rent stabilization policies for residents priced out of mobile home parks.

Vertical Harvest's growing facility has an urban footprint of just one-half of an acre, but can produce a yield equivalent to 250 rural acres of the same crop.

The second-largest health care system in Maine has suffered from financial difficulties during the past few years.

The ordinance was proposed after months of complaints from business owners and residents regarding the state of the Congress Street corridor. But property owners can avoid fines if they agree to let the city install art in their vacant storefronts.

The gastropub replaces the Jameson Tavern on Main Street.

The breakfast and lunch spot is open seven days a week.

We look at four new food businesses coming out of the popular incubator and shared kitchen space.

The company aims to open its fourth shop, this one at 32 Main St., by October.

The company aims to open its fourth shop, this one at 32 Main St., by October.

Vertical Harvest's growing facility has an urban footprint of just one-half of an acre, but can produce a yield equivalent to 250 rural acres of the same crop.