More than 17,000 Maine employers will get a piece of the $22 million in dividends from a Portland-based workers’ compensation insurance company, which claims the money is a shot in the arm to counties across the state.
As the weather turned colder this week, heating fuel prices rose, with the average cash price for No. 2 heating oil at $2.88 per gallon on Oct. 1, up 14 cents from the previous month.
The Bangor Mall’s tailspin during the past year appears to be leveling off, with its new manager saying he wants to improve the mall and keep it going.
Shortly after this week’s cold snap had some Mainers turning up their thermostats early, the Governor’s Energy Office said Wednesday that average residential fuel prices per gallon already are creeping up this season.
Demand for construction workers is booming, but hiring qualified salaried or hourly workers is tough in Maine and elsewhere in the country, prompting a construction industry group to label the labor shortage a crisis.
A dog’s wet nose and cat’s head butt are warming the market for veterinary medicines, with Westbrook-based IDEXX Laboratories expecting an average 10 percent revenue growth each year from now until 2023.
The Maine Beer Box, a converted cargo container retrofitted with 78 taps, will make its second overseas journey soon to try to tap the European market for Maine craft beer, this time at the Leeds International Beer Festival in the United Kingdom.
Four unions representing telecommunications company Consolidated Communications’ workers in northern New England said Wednesday that a majority of members have authorized union leaders to call a strike if ongoing negotiations don’t produce an acceptable outcome by the time the current contract expires at midnight Aug. 4.
Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine’s softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say.
Maine regulators approved a rate increase for Emera Maine Tuesday morning, but less than the utility originally requested.
