With the national unemployment rate recently hitting the lowest level in 50 years, potential workers would rather have full-time jobs with benefits.
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Hartford considers turning streets into bicycle boulevards
The city will hold public meetings to discuss repurposing the roads.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, New England
Award-winning Vermont cheesemaker closes after listeria outbreak, recall
Consider Bardwell Farm sold its raw milk cheeses around the country, including at Whole Foods Market in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, New England
Maine among Northeast states aiming to grow corporate board diversity
A Rhode Island official says companies with stronger diversity at the senior level tend to outperform companies lacking diverse leaders.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World, New England
New hospital emergency department in New Hampshire will focus on older adults
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center plans eventually to use telehealth to expand to 4 other sites around the region.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Report: CMP parent company in merger talks worth $67 billion
Connecticut-based Avangrid is reportedly in discussions with Pennsylvania-based utility company PPL in a deal that could create one of the largest energy companies in the United States.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Maine drug take-back event will accept vaping products
The national event, in which dozens of local police agencies are participating, in the past has been limited to unwanted prescription medications.
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New Hampshire man killed in Hampton crash
Police say Trenton Wendell, 48, of Rochester drove head-on into a guardrail and concrete barrier near a toll plaza.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Uncategorized
Artist uses ‘historic’ markers to raise climate awareness in New Hampshire, Massachusetts
These signs detail events like rising sea levels and an explosion of ticks that have yet to happen.
Posted inLocal & State, New England
Man arrested in Maine to be arraigned in 1990s Massachusetts rapes
Prosecutors say a man who fled Massachusetts 16 years ago and was arrested in Maine this summer will be arraigned in connection with a pair of unsolved rapes from the 1990s