Ramaco Development says it will create 400 jobs in a region where unemployment can reach three times the national average and coal operations have gone bankrupt.
2016
Posted inBusiness
Lego tamps down demand, invests in ramping up output
With a 25 percent rise in annual sales, the Danish company boosts factory capacity and hiring.
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Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Quarterbacks are the popular pick for MVP, and this season should be no different
Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers tops a talented list in spite of a subpar 2015 campaign.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine lawmaker sends insulting email to woman calling for action on LePage
Rep. Stephen Wood tells a Massachusetts woman offended by the governor’s comments that ‘we have … (enough) mass holes here. … Thanks for not coming to Maine.’
Posted inMaine, News
Two women killed in head-on crash in Down East Maine
The collision of an SUV and a flatbed truck happened Tuesday morning on Route 3, says the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police: Two men fly to Portland, shop with stolen credit cards
Biddeford police arrested the suspects from New York City after a cabdriver suspected they were using fraudulently obtained credit cards to buy Apple watches, iPads and other high-value goods.
Posted inMaine, News
State looks to relocate workers to new office building on Capitol Street in Augusta
The proposal could move state workers out of downtown as the state looks for a developer to find a productive reuse for the former Department of Transportation maintenance garage.
Posted inArt, Lifestyle, Maine, News
Former Portland museum to house collection of New York abstract artist
The Leo Rabkin Foundation chooses the now-closed Museum of African Art and Culture as its new home.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Waterville man charged with hammer attack to appear in court in December
Waterville police said they continue to investigate the drug angle of the attack, which was reportedly triggered by a dispute over cocaine being diluted.
Posted inMaine, News
Car rear-ends school bus in New Gloucester
No one was injured in the crash Tuesday afternoon, the SAD 15 superintendent says.