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Frost stepped down earlier this summer, though the housing authority didn't announce his departure. A permanent successor is expected to be hired by Jan. 2.

Staff have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board and are asking the parent company of the Press Herald and other newspapers to recognize nearly 50 additional employees as part of the News Guild of Maine.

The Fishing Plus Accelerator, launching this fall, will teach financial literacy and business startup skills.

The hefty tariffs are raising prices on items ranging from cheese to coffee, and businesses are figuring out how to absorb the costs – or pass them on to customers.

A shelter-in-place order Friday interrupted a memorial service and came during an already busy period for local businesses, but confusion reigned as details trickled in.

The town has owned the 93-acre lot off Main Street for a few years and has been looking to sell, Gorham's Town Council chairperson said Monday. The council will decide on the sale Tuesday night.

Here's what visitors ask about when they first show up in the city.

Congress has passed deep cuts to food assistance and other programs that support farmers, adding uncertainty to an already uncertain industry.

The impasse further increases the possibility that Maine’s second-largest health care network may no longer be in-network for thousands of patients statewide.

Titan Funding, which previously loaned about $1.5 million to a developer whose plans eventually fell through, outbid a nonprofit that had been backed by the Portland Land Bank Commission in the hopes of preserving the land.

With sunny days in July and August, numbers are up at Acadia National Park, Portland International Jetport and on the Maine Turnpike, but declines continue for Canadian border crossings and cruise ship visits.

The national park on Mount Desert Island saw over 797,000 visitors in July, the most in a single month since 1989.

The commission and the Trust for Public Land hope to preserve the 13.3-acre parcel off Hope Avenue, which went into foreclosure and goes up for auction Friday.

The Gutter is part of a New York City mini-chain.

The New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer filed the lawsuit in federal court in Portland over the program that allows hospitals and community health centers to get some medications at discount prices.

The analysis, commissioned as a follow-up to a report on Colby's impact from 2014-18 and presented in downtown Waterville on Thursday, shows the college's investments in facilities and people added $1.3 billion to the Waterville-area economy over the last six years.

The same company is launching another location in downtown Portland in September.

The craft brewery, formerly based in New Hampshire, recently purchased a production facility on Park Avenue.

The owner of Abbiocco aims to open by late September.

Inclusion Maine conference draws employers who want to attract a more diverse workforce at a time when even holding the event runs contrary to the Trump administration's anti-DEI efforts.