Three panelists shared experiences and insight to help business people find and keep good workers at the Saco-Biddeford Business Breakfast Forum in Saco Wednesday.
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Congress Bar & Grill to reopen Friday with new owner
The Portland restaurant, now called simply CBG, is under new ownership.
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MaineHealth’s 2 top executives announce plans to retire
CEO William Caron and President Richard Petersen said they both would stay through 2020 and that a nationwide search for their replacements would commence immediately.
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Merger talks spell uncertain future for CMP customers
If a deal between Avangrid and PPL goes through, a small state like Maine could lose even more influence over utility operations under what would be one of the nation’s largest energy companies, analysts say.
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BIW union hopes to sink subcontracting plan that company says it needs
The shipyard says it needs temporary workers to complete a backlog of military orders, but the machinists’ union says that would violate its contract.
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Portland’s Terlingua restaurant moving to former site of Silly’s
The owners of Terlingua, a barbecue restaurant on Washington Avenue in Portland, say the move into Silly’s former space will allow them to expand.
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The Wrap: Restaurant changes, bundt cakes and smoked seafood
Lio makes changes, Schulte & Herr takes a short break, and a Monument Square coffee shop changes hands.
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Maine home sales set record in September
Sales of existing single-family homes increased by 11% from a year earlier, while the median home sales price increased by 6.4% to $228,750.
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New 10-cent surcharge on Maine phone lines will fund broadband expansion
The surcharge approved by the Legislature will be used to support broadband expansion projects in the state starting in 2020.
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Slow rollout in marijuana sales cost Maine revenue and jobs
Three years after legalizing adult-use marijuana, the state’s still waiting for retail shops. Consultants say the economy paid the price as dollars and expertise went elsewhere.