While politicians favor expanding the train service, COVID has changed riding habits, perhaps permanently. Expenses and emissions also warrant consideration.
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Shortage of truck drivers slows transport of Maine potatoes
Maine potato growers saw strong yields but are finding it more expensive to get the spuds to market.
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Central Maine business briefs: MaineGeneral Health manager receives Patriot Award
People & Places: Psychiatrist joins Franklin Health Behavioral Services.
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Aroma Joe’s coffee chain to buy parcel in Portland Technology Park
The coffee shop company will buy a 3-acre plot from the city for $595,000 and aims to build its new headquarters there.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.N. envoy sounds alarm on Lebanese rising poverty
The economic crisis in Lebanon has been described as one of the worst in the world in 150 years.
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Stocks close higher, but indexes still end week in the red
Johnson & Johnson shares rise 1.2 percent after the company announced it would divide itself into two separate businesses.
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Maine to expand mental health help for farmers
Farmers in Maine and beyond have had to contend with the coronavirus pandemic, droughts and supply chain difficulties in recent months and years.
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Online gamblers sue, say slots game refuses to pay winnings
A Pennsylvania woman says the online game showed she had won $100,000, but the company told her she had actually won $300, and blamed a bug in the system.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Nation & World
Environmentalists can continue with lawsuit to protect whales
The groups want to expand areas and times in which a vessel speed limit applies, make the speed limits mandatory, and apply them to small and large vessels.
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A near-record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September
Businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs.