Beijing has adopted a string of market-opening measures and tariff cuts meant to help revive economic growth that slowed to a 3-decade low of 6% in the latest quarter.
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Pingree nominates 18 Maine students to United States service academies
PORTLAND — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, has announced her office’s nominees to the United States service academies: the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. To be considered for an appointment to a service […]
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Lifelong communities mini-grant program seeks applications
Grants of up to $2,500 are available through the Maine Community Foundation to help communities be more supportive of older people’s health, well-being, and ability to age in the community. The grants will support community planning and development and implementation of programs that increase opportunities for people older than 60 to stay in their communities […]
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Judge hears appeal of Camden Hills student’s suspension over sex assault allegation
The boy’s mother is seeking to have the suspension overturned.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Boat where 34 died was among more than 300 exempted from Coast Guard fire safety rules
In Maine, the captain of a historic 68-foot coasting schooner said the vessel cannot be compared to the dive boat that caught fire in California because it doesn’t have the same mechanics or equipment.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England, Schools and Education
Mapping company donates 1 million aerial images to UMaine
The university’s Raymond H. Fogler Library has received 3,000 rolls of film from the James W. Sewall Co. of Old Town.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Boeing CEO to step down immediately amid 737 Max fallout
The Max was grounded worldwide in March after the second of two crashes of its jet, and the board says a change in leadership is necessary.
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Watch: Like A Boss: One-on-one with Tony Shurman, President and CEO of Jasper Wyman & Son
Tony Shurman sat down with Lisa DeSisto on Feb. 28 for the first Like a Boss event of 2020.
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‘We’ve got a mission to finish:’ Tedford Housing hosts annual homeless memorial service
“We carry their names to remember, to mourn, to celebrate,” Rev. Carol Ecklund read during the litany. “To offer support, to ensure that no life, no death, no passing from here to the beyond is unseen or unacknowledged, we carry their names.”
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Renys defies stripmall temptation to stay in downtown Bath
After renting its downtown Bath location from the Sagadahock Real Estate Association since 1973, the department store chain bought its Front Street location and outlined plans for renovations.