Officials will host a morning ceremony with the project’s developer and Wex executives.
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Maine’s in the mix as 238 places vie to host Amazon’s 2nd headquarters
Proposals came from 53 states interested in attracting up to 50,000 jobs, plus provinces, territories and towns like Scarborough and Brunswick.
Farmers try to sow seeds of support for Augusta market move
Vendors at Farmers’ Market at Mill Park are asking customers to attend Augusta’s Planning Board discussion on allowing the market to use a vacant former church this winter.
Maine to emphasize road safety in future construction projects
State officials want to curb a rising trend of deaths and injuries among drivers, riders and pedestrians.
Maine home values rose 10% in September to a median of $207,225
The statewide median sale price increased by 10.2 percent from a year earlier, while sales volume rose by 2.3 percent.
Athenahealth, with an office in Belfast, announces layoffs
The impact in Maine, where the health technology company employs about 1,000, is unknown.
Maine unemployment rate dipped to 3.7% in September
The state’s jobless rate has remained at 4 percent or lower for 24 consecutive months.
General Motors to pay Maine $1.1 million in settlement
The payment results from a multistate lawsuit claiming the automaker failed to disclose dangerous ignition switch defects.
Biomass operator seeks partner to be a win-win neighbor
ReEnergy wants to work with a business that would gain from being next to its four Maine plants.
Days before vote on marijuana law, bill from LePage calls for delaying sales until 2019
The measure sponsored by Rep. Ken Fredette would scrap months of work by a legislative committee, whose co-chair says, ‘The 11th-hour attempt to wreak havoc is obstructionism.’