The state’s community colleges and industry groups are offering simple online training on how people can stay safe and in business during the pandemic.
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The Wrap: A new whiskey bar, bagels are back, and more sushi
Looking for Super Bowl snacks and Valentine’s Day dinners? We have those too.
Idexx revenue jumps 12% to $2.71 billion in 2020
The Westbrook-based veterinary diagnostic testing firm also reported a net income boost of 31% over 2019.
Group building database for Casco Bay shellfish harvesters
The Casco Bay Regional Shellfish Working Group is designing an interactive online database to support shellfish conservation and management decisions in the region.
Maine employers are approved to receive $221 million so far in new PPP loan round
More than 2,400 small employers have been approved for forgivable loans intended to keep workers on payroll and cover essential business expenses.
Maine labor group calls for OSHA to codify new COVID-19 guidance
New recommendations are just that, but could lead to regulations and stepped-up enforcement for workplaces that violate coronavirus safety.
Plan for salmon farm Down East prompts call for review of state licensing rules
Some believe that Maine’s process for approving in-water aquaculture is too permissive, and that such operations could overtake the coastline.
Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine, study shows
A team examined how post-larval lobsters’ genes react to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both.
MaineHealth names Virginia medical executive as its next CEO
Dr. Andrew T. Mueller of Virginia-based Centra Health will replace current CEO Bill Caron when he retires this spring.
Maine jobless claims trend downward but remain above normal
Claims for new unemployment benefits dropped slightly in the state last week, with about 3,200 Mainers filing new applications.