Former Waterville mayor Tom Nale is opening MEZZA, a new Lebanese restaurant, located near the area where their Lebanese immigrant relatives settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Maine to allow more hoop houses and greenhouses for residents to grow food
A legal change removes building code provisions that made it hard to erect the structures in urban areas.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s targets to reduce emissions may be harder to hit without electric vehicle standards
Maine officials looking to reach ambitious carbon-reduction targets are considering a range of sources after regulators rejected electric vehicle sales standards that would play a big role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inBusiness
Disney shareholders back CEO Iger, rebuff activists who wanted to shake up the company
Disney announced in November 2022 that Robert Iger would come back to the company as its CEO to replace his hand-picked successor.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Oversight of Maine’s electric vehicle standards likely to shift from citizen board to lawmakers
A bill to formalize the change is headed to Gov. Janet Mills. The move delays limits on sales of gas-powered vehicles from being implemented until at least 2025.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Mining for EV metals threatens gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa
Africa is home to a third of the world’s mineral resources, only 5% of which have been mined so far.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Powell says Fed has time to assess data before deciding to cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated his expectation that it will likely be appropriate to begin lowering rates ‘at some point this year.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine dairy farms are dwindling. A task force is being set up to find out why.
Maine has lost one-third of its commercial dairy farms since 2020. Emergency legislation signed by the governor calls for a task force to identify ways to keep the heritage industry healthy for decades to come.
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Browsing in incognito mode doesn’t protect you as much as you might think
A settlement disclosed Monday in a federal court is primarily designed to ensure that users who use Incognito mode in Chrome get more privacy while surfing the internet than they had been previously.
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Compromise calls for studying natural gas use in Maine, rather than restricting it
Legislation that calls for studies of natural gas use passed the House, but it was criticized by a Democrat as ‘watered down’ and a Republican who said it’s unnecessary.