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Posted inBusiness
Longtime Maine-based commercial banker announces retirement
Raymond “Chip” Kelly, KeyBank Maine market president, plans to retire in November after a more than 37-year career, 30 of which have been spent in Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
ACLU says pot store camera requirements violate Maine’s ban on facial surveillance
State regulators say the draft rules to require recreational cannabis stores to use video cameras to record shoppers’ faces simply update existing requirements to cover newly approved cannabis delivery.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
In effort to retain workers, Waterville-based Day’s Jewelers to lock its doors on Sundays
The employee-owned jeweler has operated seven days a week for decades, but a survey of workers found they were struggling with finding a balance between their professional and personal lives.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools eye expansion into Augusta
The national chains are looking to occupy retail space in the former Sears building at Turnpike Mall off of Western Avenue.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Idexx closing subsidiary, ending business in Russia
The $3.2 billion veterinary medicine powerhouse kept operations going in Russia for four months after the invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Shellfish attitude in lobster land: Maine oysters boom
The state’s 2021 oyster harvest was the largest and most valuable in its history, benefiting hatcheries such as Mere Point Oyster Company in Brunswick.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Workers at Morrill teen mental health facility seek to unionize
Employees at Ironwood Maine say they intend to vote to form a union to improve pay, working conditions and standards of care at the residential program and school.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pepper-spray device poor choice for Maine group’s innovation honor
A consumer-market mobile crowd-control system unnecessarily exploits social division.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine unemployment drops as total jobs nearly reach pre-pandemic level
Maine employers added about 3,400 jobs a month since January, driving the unemployment rate to its lowest point in two years.