AUBURN — A question of how Mayor Jonathan LaBonte and another city councilor obtained contract information regarding L/A Arts, which City Councilor Tizz Crowley said was not shared with her, convinced Crowley to file a formal Freedom of Access Act request for that document. Crowley said she filed the request with acting City Manager Howard […]
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State to unemployed: Join the Maine Job Bank or else
It’s been a state and federal requirement that people receiving unemployment benefits register with the Maine Job Bank to look for work, but the requirement wasn’t always enforced. Until now. The Maine Department of Labor has given more than 2,200 people until next week to join the Job Bank in order to continue drawing unemployment. […]
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‘It changed people’s lives.’ The Wal-Mart Distribution Center 10 years later.
‘I can’t even imagine what things might have been like without those 800 jobs.’ It was “The Business That Must Not Be Named.” For months, consultants for an anonymous out-of-state company appeared in Lewiston. Men in suits examined the city’s industrial spaces, teased about making big investments in a new warehouse facility and flew away […]
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Workers wanted: Monday’s popular job fair in Lewiston hints at economic turn-around
LEWISTON — Ronnie Lowell needs nine more employees to teach life and social skills to children with special needs. She’s after someone with reliable transportation, a good attitude and at least a GED — and she’s had a tough time of it. It’s turning into a job-seekers’ market as the economy turns around and businesses go […]