The Town Council acted after rejecting a plan from a small ship line to make port calls.

Jack Sours, the vice president and general manager of Oxford Casino, hopes that its health and safety protocols will convince state authorities to soon lift the 200-person restriction.

Amid a rapid switch to absentee voting, many Mainers aren't sure how much postage is required to mail in their votes – and aren't getting good answers.

It was altered by Secretary of State Matt Dunlap based on feedback received during a 30-day public comment period.

The airline says that it will offer early retirement benefits and that furloughing 36,000 employees in October is a worst-case scenario.

A 2-year audit recommends that Facebook build a ‘civil rights infrastructure’ into every aspect of the company.

The two-century-old company is the latest casualty of the pandemic that has hit old-line retailers.

Smitty's Cinemas, Cinemagic theaters and the Nickelodeon in Portland all plan to open in the next couple of weeks, knowing that getting people back to the movies will be a challenge.

Hollywood Casino in Bangor will feature its slot machines starting Friday, but table games will remain closed.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has made unverified claims about the number of jobs retained in Maine because of the Paycheck Protection Program.

The founder of Portland-based Zootility Tools has come up with a design that requires no sewing, no elastic and no wires, and says glasses won't fog up because the mask fits so snugly.

The law, one of the nation's strictest, requires internet service providers to get consumers' consent before using or sharing their internet-usage data.

Campaigns supported by Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec have spent nearly $17 million to fight a referendum intended to scuttle CMP's corridor project.

The GOP leader's next virus aid package is centered on liability protections, a top priority for Republicans seeking to shield doctors, schools, businesses and others from coronavirus-related lawsuits.

The Bath shipyard is looking to lay off Local S7 surveyors and trades inspectors due to lack of work brought on by another union's strike.

Because of a surge in mail-in ballots, results are likely to be delayed.

The Paycheck Protection Program has delivered more than $2 billion to companies in Maine, but recipients were kept secret until a limited disclosure by the federal government Monday.

Starting this month, the program offers residents who are struggling financially because of the pandemic as much as $2,500 to help cover rent and utilities.

The Paycheck Protection Program, criticized by Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon for helping special interests and large corporations, provided a forgivable loan of between $1 million and $2 million to her husband’s law firm.

Some are going to extreme lengths to keep air purified, guests spread apart and high-touch items disinfected.

As schools decide whether to reopen campuses this year, the economic impact will ripple through the communities in which they are based.

The Italian eatery on Middle Street is shutting its doors, but the couple's Chaval will begin to reopen in phases this week.

The project was years behind schedule and the ballooned beyond the estimated cost.

While the strike marches on, BIW announced it is hiring more temporary subcontractors to compensate for 4,300 machinists out of work.

A survey of Maine state employees conducted in May found that only 5 percent wish to return to their workplace full time.

Until there's a vaccine for COVID-19, the office environment as it existed prior to March is not coming back.

Residents are enjoying parts of the state they'd normally never go to in July or August.

A family homeless shelter has opened inside a gleaming Amazon corporate building on the tech giant’s Seattle campus.

Portland's historic district has a quiet Fourth of July, with visitors largely following pandemic-era precautions.

Some participants complain of missed payments and poor customer service, but the state says WorkShare is new to many, and more education on its proper use may be needed.

Should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Trump administration's effort to overturn the law, they say, the consequences would reverberate throughout the health care system.

Likely to be hardest hit are Alaska pollock – the biggest U.S. fishery and the source of fast food fillets – and sockeye salmon, brown trout, bonito, barracuda and swordfish.

A report shows the U.S. job market continues to climb out of the crater created by the coronavirus pandemic in the spring

The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration supports communities responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.