Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are gaining popularity as the state’s housing crunch and pandemic-related influx continues.
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Two Brunswick-based businesses win cash prize from Greenlight Maine
STARC Systems won $10,000 for coming in second place, and bluShift Aerospace was awarded $5,000 for third. Bixby Chocolate, a Rockland-based company, took first place and the $25,000 top prize.
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Lisbon aquaponics farm expansion could pump out 20 million heads of lettuce per year
The facility expansion could increase production by 20 times.
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Brunswick aerospace company signs first major deal with Virginia-based firm
STEM company MaxIQ has signed with bluShift Aerospace to send into space as many as 60 academic experiments.
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Bath reaches tax settlement agreement with Bath Iron Works
Without a settlement agreement, the city’s valuation dispute with BIW would have taken many years to appeal “at significant cost,” Bath Assessor Brenda Cummings said.
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Senate approves bill to replace CMP, Versant Power with consumer-owned utility
The Maine House also has approved the bill, but Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signaled she is likely to veto the measure.
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State fixes glitch in liquor law overlooked for 45 years before sellers feel the pinch
When regulators discovered a problem overlooked for half a century, state legislators rushed to rewrite the statute before it hurt Maine’s hospitality businesses.
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Gov. Mills offers $1,500 bonus to jobless Mainers who get hired
The state will pay unemployed workers as much as $1,500 each if they take jobs in June or July, as recovering businesses struggle to hire enough help.
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Mainer’s idea to put the pot in the lobster sparks new research
Using Charlotte Gill’s highly publicized method of exposing lobsters to THC, a team of scientists set out to determine if there was science behind the sensation.
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Maine summer tourism relies on foreign student labor. But not this year.
Closed embassies, international travel restrictions and a backlogged visa process mean only a fraction of the usual number of students will make it to the U.S., leaving seasonal employers scrambling.