Employers added jobs from May through August — but the United States still has recovered less than half the jobs lost in March and April.
2020
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Report touts economic benefits of Maine tax credit for historic properties
The study of Maine’s historic rehabilitation tax credit says it has given the state’s economy a major boost and has more than paid for itself.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Dancing at the Colony’
Cheryl Blaydon’s fifth novel follows the twists and turns of planning for a wedding to be held at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 17
Sept. 17, 1604: French royal cartographer Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), traveling by sea from the French colony on nearby St. Croix Island and using Native American guides, sails up the Penobscot River to Kenduskeag Stream at what is now Bangor. Sept. 17, 1785: The Falmouth Gazette, a newspaper established at the beginning of the year […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
Posted inFeature Obituary, News
Elizabeth ‘Ibby’ Conroy, nurse at former Arnie Hanson Center, dies at 81
From 1986 to 2001, she was a nurse at the Arnie Hansen Center on India Street in Portland, now the home of the Milestone Foundation.