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The team at Bold Coast Seafood want to expand Maine's seafood processing capacity, bring jobs to Prospect Harbor and create opportunities for research initiatives.

Delta Ambulance officials announced a $20 to $25 increase in per capita rates for 2026 at the China town office Wednesday morning. That number could rise, officials said.

Last year, Maine had the sixth fastest wage growth in the country.

There's an effort underway to bring New England shrimp back to seafood customers but fisherman are finding few and the fishing industry may face an even longer shutdown

The utility says distribution cost increases will come around the same time some temporary charges expire, so the actual change in customer costs could be mitigated. But state officials note that Mainers are already struggling to pay their electric bills.

The minimum fare changed for the first time since 2009, going from $1.90 to $4, and the mileage rate rose from 30 cents to 35 cents per one-tenth mile.

The Maine attorney general has fielded 17 complaints against Simply Catered by Bethany in the past two months.

As carbon credits gain traction, efforts are underway to help small-scale forest landowners participate.

“The minute the election happened, we started trying to change how we spoke about our work,” said Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay.

Despite the strain, residents' earnings are at least keeping pace with climbing prices within the state.

Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, and airfares jumped, while a measure of layoffs also increased, putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pressures.

Attendance at the longstanding Unity event had been dropping in the years leading up to the pandemic. But a record-high number of people turned out in 2024, and organizers are hopeful the trajectory will continue.

The purchase of the nearly 8-acre property — which features a 7,600-square-foot home, a guest house and almost a quarter-mile of ocean frontage — is Maine's priciest home sale in at least a decade, according to a broker.

The LAP is in the second year of a two-year pilot project.

Wonderland Holdings LLC, whose president is Nasir Hakeem, purchased Pines Market in February from John Morris of Eustis.

Protestors in Portland have criticized the commercial airline company for its deportation flights in Arizona. Officials with the airline and jetport say the seasonal route was already set to stop at the end of August.

In a letter to federal officials, Maine Republicans applauded the termination of $600 million in offshore wind projects across the U.S. and asked for offshore leases in the Gulf of Maine to also be canceled.

The largest donation in the college's history marks the lead commitment for a new $300 million facility and investments in scientific collaboration across Maine.

'The Glass Eel' is the latest of several books and TV shows to explore elver poaching.

Linda Ball had worked as the utility's vice president of customer service since 2019.