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The economic challenges facing Maine, and the outlook for jobs, housing, inflation and more

Midcoast Humane, a well-established nonprofit providing animal welfare services to 39 municipalities in the state of Maine, announced the appointment of five new board members and the promotion of Jess Townsend to permanent executive director...

Recognizing the national economic emergency caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a National Dislocated Workers Grant to assist workers who have been dislocated as a result of COVID-19. This emergency grant provides individualized assistance to anyone over 18 whose job has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Working through the […]

The FOR/Maine Coalition has been named by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) as a finalist in the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The University of Maine was awarded the $500,000 grant to support the coalition to further develop and scale the forest bioeconomy in Maine and will advance to Phase 2 of the […]

Brian Lee at Maine Medical Partners in otolaryngology in Biddeford, Heidi Miller at Maine Medical Partners in the Casco Bay surgical care unit, Eric Shurtleff at Maine Medical Partners in the division of acute care surgery, and Josh Vaughn at Maine Medical Partners in orthopedics and sports medicine, a division of orthopedic trauma and fracture care. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough hired Bert Kiesow as project development executive. Kiesow has 25 years of experience in construction management. Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth hired Michele Camarco as vice president of fi...