America’s bidding war for workers is an emerging feature of the increasingly tight labor market.
2018
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Companies target wrinkled men unafraid of needles in ‘Brotox’ sales push
It’s one thing to get them to consider a medical aesthetics treatment, but educating them on the procedures and getting them into a doctor’s office is another.
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Posted inSports
Trotz gets hired to coach Islanders
Barry Trotz, the former Portland Pirates coach, resigned three days ago as coach of the Stanley Cup champion Capitals.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Overnight police standoff in Windsor ends peacefully with man leaving house
Staff Sgt. Frank Hatch, at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, said charges are pending against the man, who is being evaluated at a hospital.
Posted inAuto Racing, Sports
Auto racing notes: Dave Farrington picks right up where he left off at Wiscasset Speedway
Wyatt Alexander a finalist in national contest.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
With season-high 16 hits, Red Sox give Porcello plenty of help
Rick Porcello allows just one hit over seven innings and gets the offensive support he needs as Boston rolls to a 9-2 win over Minnesota.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
At I-95 checkpoint, Border Patrol agents question drivers and passengers about citizenship
Agents based in Houlton arrest a Haitian national and make nine drug seizures during the 11 hours they stopped southbound traffic on the interstate in Penobscot County.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
White House proposes merging education, labor departments
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said that the effort is part of President Donald Trump’s “drain the swamp” agenda.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Virginia governor orders investigation after immigrant children claim abuse
Children at an immigration detention facility said they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.