The state is on track for a 9.8% decline in 2024 from the previous year, after seeing a 16% decrease in 2023.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Preserving the past: A Maine CEO’s mission to ‘save history’
Maine native Kristen Gwinn-Becker is helping organizations preserve their history through her South Portland-based tech company, HistoryIT.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Community solar is booming in Maine, but who owns the projects?
A Maine Monitor analysis finds developers have bundled projects, then sold them to some of the world’s largest corporations and investment firms.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Former Lewiston man charged in burglaries graduates from drug court
Shain R. Johnson, 42, now of Sanford, has been ordered to pay more than $7,000 to those whose items he stole.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine Republicans and Democrats react after Biden drops out of 2024 race
Most Democrats praised the president, saying he is putting the country first, while some Republicans say Biden’s ‘terrible’ policies won’t change just because there will be a new nominee.
Posted inNation & World, News
Miss Kansas called out her abuser in public. Her campaign against domestic violence is going viral
Alexis Smith wants to use her platform to work against domestic violence.
Posted inNation & World, News
Salt Lake City wildfire prompts evacuations near Utah’s Capitol building
Helicopters and airplanes were dropping buckets over the flames as ground crews tried to contain the fire on Ensign Peak.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
A 7-month-old kangaroo peeked out of its mom’s pouch at the Bronx Zoo
Another baby tree kangaroo can be seen at the Bronx Zoo after months of hiding in its mother’s pouch.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
‘A reminder of our humanity’: 27th Maine International Film Festival wraps in Waterville
The celebration of cinema concluded Sunday after thousands of people turned out over 10 days to see more than 100 films from Maine and around the world.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden’s legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn’t translate into political support
Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been.