Nearly 200 checked bags fail to be loaded on flights after security screening machines shut down.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
To board a plane without a ticket, just give up your face – and your privacy
Facial-recognition technology is unproven and largely unregulated – yet it’s already at airports all over the United States.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine drivers, and their battered vehicles, are navigating ‘pothole hell’
Mechanics say complaints about damaged vehicles have skyrocketed this year as potholes and frost heaves have taken a brutal toll on the state’s roads.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Southwest says Boeing Max 8 jets used on Baltimore-Portland route are safe
The airline says it is confident in the safety and airworthiness of the aircraft, which have been involved in 2 fatal crashes in 6 months, and will continue flying them.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
United to add nonstop service from Portland to Denver this summer
The flights will begin on June 8 and run through Labor Day.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Concord cancels bus service to New York as storm approaches
The bus company also is canceling service from New York City to Portland because of an expected snowstorm.
Posted inBusiness
Ferry operator decided last year to leave Portland. Now, city says it can’t come back.
Facing delays in setting up service in Bar Harbor, Bay Ferries asks to operate out of Portland this year – but that ship had sailed.
Posted inBusiness
Portland invites bike-share companies onto city streets
The city hopes to have a network of dockless, shared bicycles in operation by this spring.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Lawmakers push to make drivers keep their hands off their phones
Supporters of new legislation believe their latest effort to strengthen Maine’s distracted-driving laws has brighter prospects with Democrat Janet Mills in the Blaine House.
Posted inNation / World
How meteorologists avoid winter travel hazards
“Never check luggage. “That’s the winter travel advice of CNBC correspondent Contessa Brewer, who, coincidentally, was emailing me from a plane en route to cover a weather disaster. “Bring carry-on luggage,” she told me. “It makes it much easier to rebook flights. And don’t take no for an answer.” With winter just around the corner, […]