WASHINGTON, D.C. — The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision to require the Department of Defense to provide military recruits with American-made shoes. Maine U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Maine Rep. Bruce Poliquin championed the change and announced its presence in the authorization act on Wednesday. The […]
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Analysis: How New Balance stepped into a political firestorm
Last week, not even a full 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump earned that title, a senior official for the shoe company New Balance invoked his name in an interview. “The Obama administration turned a deaf ear to us and frankly, with President-elect Trump, we feel things are going to move in the right direction,” […]
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New Balance worker loses job, blames Rep. Bruce Poliquin visit
NORWAY — Josh Lebovitz, a temporary employee working at the New Balance shoe factory, listened Thursday as a visiting congressman talked to a group of workers about protecting American jobs. By the end of the day, however, he was out of a job, perhaps as a result of the visit, according to Lebovitz. When U.S. […]
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New Balance may be close to reaping rewards from military spending bill
New Balance Athletic Shoe is close to winning an almost decade-long marathon: A buy-American provision in the massive defense policy bill the Senate will debate this week could force the Pentagon to purchase the company’s sneakers for new military recruits. Currently, the Pentagon issues about $15 million in vouchers a year, covering 225,000 to 250,000 […]
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Poliquin push for New Balance takes step forward in Congress
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin was walking on air Thursday and not only because he had just ordered a pair of New Balance sneakers. Late Wednesday, Poliquin, a R-Maine, was successful in his bid to see the Pentagon issue American-made athletic footwear to its new recruits in America’s armed services. Members of the House Armed […]
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New Balance opens new Boston headquarters
BOSTON — New Balance is opening its new global headquarters. The athletic shoe and sports apparel giant planned a tour of the new, 250,000 square foot space in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood on Thursday. Company president and CEO Rob DeMartini is among the scheduled speakers. The new headquarters, located near New Balance’s current home, is part […]
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Angus King: Cutler supporters have choice between ‘protest vote’ and ‘making a difference’ by backing Michaud
SKOWHEGAN — Whoever would vote for independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler must ask themselves whether they want to cast a symbolic vote, or make a difference in the election to decide who will occupy the Blaine House for the next four years. That was the message Monday from independent U.S. Sen. Angus King, who joined […]
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New Pentagon policy seen as boost to New Balance
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts-based New Balance could get a boost worth tens of millions of dollars with a new Pentagon policy providing military recruits with U.S.-made sneakers. New Balance is one of the few shoe manufacturers that meet all federal requirements, said Matt LeBretton, spokesman for the company that manufactures shoes in Lawrence, Boston and […]
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Job and resource fair to be held at American Legion on Thursday
RUMFORD — The Rumford American Legion will be hosting their first job and resource fair from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 7, in conjunction with the Maine CareerCenter group. Patti Gray, a CareerCenter consultant, said that Maine CareerCenter has been holding job and resource fairs “pretty consistently for the past two to three years,” […]