Outmatched financially, organizers relied on their ability to reach workers personally by making TikTok videos, giving out free marijuana and holding cookouts.
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U.S., allies to ban new investments in Russia
Calls for increased sanctions intensified this week in response to the attacks, killings and destruction in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
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Cianbro acquires Florida-based construction company
Pittsfield-based Cianbro is one of the country’s largest employee-owned construction firms with roughly 4,000 workers.
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GM, Honda to make ‘affordable’ electric vehicles together
Honda and GM want to start producing millions of these EVs, including compact crossovers, globally in 2027.
Posted inMaine Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate
Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: March 2022
Sales and leases for land, industrial, office, retail and more
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Featured Property: Freeport Village Portfolio
Five retail properties and two parking lots for sale in Freeport Village
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Senate bargainers reach bipartisan $10 billion COVID-19 deal
The agreement comes with BA.2, the new omicron variant, expected to spark a fresh increase in U.S. cases.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Kennebec Valley Health Club changes hands, to remain fitness center in Farmingdale
After 45 years, Sharon Roy has sold the Kennebec Valley Health Club to Scott Coutts.
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Owner of Jay mill to enter agreement to sell to another investment firm
Pixelle Specialty Solutions Holding and investment firm Lindsay Goldberg, announced the pending sale of four mills to H.I.G. Capital.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
With revenues on the rise, specialty food maker finds ample room at new Winslow site
Maine Crisp is currently based in Waterville but says it will be able to consolidate manufacturing, packaging, retail and other operations at a 17,500-square-foot facility in Winslow.