Fearing a racist response from other diners in 1945, the DeWitt Hotel refused to allow Benjamin Mays, a prominent Bates College graduate who had come to speak in the city, to eat in its public dining room.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Central Maine business briefs: LeeAnna Lavoie appointed Healthy Community Coalition director
People & Places: Rebecca Ricker joins Fontaine Family Team.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine nursing homes fear that a strong flu season would push them over the edge
Health professionals say staffing shortages are the worst they have ever seen, and the risk of influenza outbreaks makes a terrible situation worse.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World
Netflix upping prices in U.S. and Canada, with competition growing
Price increases are becoming more of a regular feature for the streaming services company, which is facing saturation in the U.S.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Stocks end mostly higher, but still log another losing week
The mixed finish capped a week of choppy trading on Wall Street that deepened the market’s January slump.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine employers unfazed by Supreme Court’s rejection of vaccine mandate
The court struck down a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement for large employers, but many Maine companies are still requiring workers to get the shots.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Contracts ending, Northeast organic dairies ask consumers to jump in
Horizon Organic plans to stop buying milk from 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast because it doesn’t want to transport the milk from the region to its plant in New York.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Maine borrowers will benefit from Navient student loan settlement
The student loan servicer would cancel some debts and pay restitution to some borrowers under an agreement with attorneys general in Maine and other states.
Posted inBusiness, News
December retail sales slipped after a record holiday season
Many economists expect the caution that consumers displayed last month to carry over into this year and potentially slow the economy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Proposal for consumer-owned power utility may not make Maine’s 2022 ballot
Organizers of the effort to change Maine’s primary utility company into a quasi-public agency indicate they may not have enough signatures in time to make the November ballot.