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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Fed raises key interest rate by half-point and signals more to come
Though lower than its previous three-quarter-point hikes, the latest move will further heighten the costs of many consumer and business loans and the risk of a recession.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Ukraine thwarts Russian strikes but wreckage damages 5 buildings
Meanwhile, the possibility that Patriot missiles from the U.S. may further boost defenses.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Augusta board approves two housing proposals for up to 425 new residences
The city’s planning board on Tuesday advanced a proposal for up to 400 housing units off Civic Center Drive and approved plans to turn the historic Olde Federal Building on Water Street into 25 luxury apartments.
Posted inSports
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Week 1
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
CMP, Versant both score last in satisfaction survey of utility customers
The national study gave poor marks to Maine’s two investor-owned electricity companies, and both responded with explanations why.
Posted inMaine, The Maine Forecast
A ‘coastal hugger’ to drop rain and snow on Maine
It’s time to get the plows on the trucks and take the winter gear out of storage.
Posted inMaine, News
Federal jury rejects woman’s claims of abuse by officers at Wiscasset jail
Candace Faller sued the jail for not making a female corrections officer immediately available in 2016 after she told male officers she had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
New Balance plans $65 million expansion of manufacturing facility in Skowhegan
A company executive told selectmen Tuesday that the footwear company now employs 250 people in Skowhegan and the expansion would add another 200 positions.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine selects Miami of Ohio’s Jude Killy as its athletic director
Killy has been an administrator at Miami University since 2008, helping to secure three of the athletic department’s largest cash gifts.