Event aimed at connecting trades and suppliers with people interested in their services and products to be held under a big tent at the Skowhegan fairgrounds.
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Maine-made beauty products creating a buzz
In kitchens and small-batch workshops around Maine, farmers and foragers are getting into the beauty and skincare business.
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Janine Bisaillon-Cary to step down as president of Maine International Trade Center
The current vice president, Wade Merritt, is expected to be the new head of the organization.
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The MEMIC Group names Michael Bourque as new CEO
The longtime employee and public face of the workers’ compensation firm will take the helm later this year.
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Maine’s economy slowest-growing in New England at end of 2016
A key measure lagged in the fourth quarter of 2016, growing just 0.7 percent and ranking the state 43rd nationally.
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Bay Ferries reports strong early sales for Portland-Nova Scotia route
Ticket sales are up five-fold for the ferry, which starts its season at the end of the month.
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Court upholds whistleblower retaliation penalty against Pan Am Railways
First Circuit judges agree on appeal that the railway targeted a whistleblower worker from Maine and must pay him $260,000.
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Thomas College receives $5.3 million grant for new business institute
The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation will provide mentors, workshops, speaker series and more at the Waterville College for students and local businesspeople.
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Legislative panel sides with restaurant owners, workers in backing revival of ‘tip credit’
They hope the full Legislature agrees and kills the tip credit phase-out approved by voters as part of the minimum wage referendum.
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Lawmakers vote against moving UMaine wind project farther from Monhegan
Energy committee members unanimously vote against a bill that would have moved the test site at least 7 miles farther out to sea.