GasBuddy expects the average price in 2018 will be $2.57 per gallon, the highest price since gas averaged $3.34 a gallon in 2014.
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New president at Portland wealth management firm
Amanda Rand, an executive at Spinnaker Trust, has taken over for company founder Dick Curran.
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2018 economic expectations muted in Maine
Paychecks here aren’t increasing much, analysts say, and the tight labor market will hinder growth.
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North Yarmouth endorses policy to ban applications for pot businesses
The town said the policy gives guidance to its code enforcement officer while the state continues to try and establish retail marijuana regulations.
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Christmas snow not quite enough for Springer’s to refund more than $800,000 to customers
Snowfall at the jeweler’s Portsmouth location was 1.7 inches shy of making hundreds of holiday shoppers a little richer.
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens sues Boothbay
The nonprofit says its due process rights were violated when the town appeals board revoked a permit for a major expansion.
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Maine potato farm fined for failing to seek U.S. workers for packing jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor says Green Thumb Farms of Fryeburg also gave them housing and transportation benefits it hadn’t given U.S. workers.
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Federal agency opens door to allowing Cat ferry service in 2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will continue screening passengers in Portland if the city can make $2 million improvements at Ocean Gateway.
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Cianbro announces plan to hire 300 construction workers
The Pittsfield-based company will add workers in a number of fields for projects across the state, including at the Kittery shipyard.