BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A high-tech ship-modeling organization that set up operations in Maine last summer plans to add 16 people to its payroll next year. The American Bureau of Shipping says it now has 30 employees at its modeling center, which opened last summer at Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. In […]
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Maine aims to build sustainable urchin fishery
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — During the heyday, Maine urchin fishermen harvested more than 40 million pounds of the spiny creatures a year. A move is now under way to jumpstart the industry, which has fallen on hard times and is just a skeleton of its former self. A panel made up of scientists, urchin harvesters […]
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Snowe to visit Lewiston job fair Tuesday
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, will attend a job fair at the Lewiston Career Center at 5 Mollison Way Tuesday. Snowe, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, will visit with job seekers and discuss their concerns and priorities, according to a release issued by her office […]
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Gov. LePage leads Maine in lowering unemployment
Successful job creation workshops have been held throughout the state, including in Lewiston. After reading Douglas Rooks’ latest missive in the Nov. 27 Sun Journal, in addition to others he has written attacking Gov. Paul LePage, I am left wondering if he has truly followed the work of the governor, or if critical thinking has […]
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Job creation tax credits falling short in states
MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) — Job creation is atop the agenda for President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers, as well as many candidates for state office in 2012. But the experience of state governments shows that business incentives don’t always produce the results promised. The number of state business incentive programs has doubled over the […]
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FAME loans $1 million for mill restart in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Finance Authority of Maine says it has done its part to assist in the restart of one of the two paper mills in the Katahdin region. FAME’s board approved a direct loan of $1 million to assist as operations resume in East Millinocket, where about 215 workers have been recalled. […]
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LePage touts needs of Maine businesses
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the key to economic prosperity is to allow private businesses a chance to succeed. In his weekly radio address Saturday, LePage says he has heard from hundreds of business leaders at job creation workshops held this fall. LePage says business leaders are telling him the state […]
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Mill’s reopening stokes Maine towns’ hopes
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — Clouds that shrouded mighty Mount Katahdin on a still November morning gradually lifted above its mile-high summit as the day wore on, just as a pale of gloom is giving way to a glow of optimism in two northern Maine towns below. Paper-making, for generations the lifeblood and soul of […]
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R. Fleming: Where are the new jobs?
I have a very simple question for Republicans who insist on maintaining the tax cuts for the rich. The rationale that the Republicans use for adamantly maintaining those Bush-era tax cuts is that those wealthy people need that extra money to invest in their businesses, thus creating more jobs for Americans. This rationale assumes, presumably, […]
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$11.3 million raised for Maine community colleges
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Campaign for Maine’s Community Colleges says $11.3 million has been raised by the private sector to support the state’s seven community colleges. Monday’s announcement marked the end of the first phase of the campaign, which began in early 2010 and sought to raise a minimum of $10 million. The […]