Falafel coming to Portland, staffing shortage closes bakery – for now, and good news for lovers of kelp and Kölsch.
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Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial
The trial will revolve around the rise and fall of Theranos, a startup that Holmes launched after dropping out of Stanford University in 2003.
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Photos: BIW-built Zumwalt destroyer makes appearance during sea trials
The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson pays a visit to Portland Harbor.
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Colby College hires director for artificial intelligence institute
Amanda Stent, a nationally known expert on artificial intelligence and human language, will serve as the new director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
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Milk market sours for 4 organic dairies in Franklin County
The loss of market could have a profound effect on other dairy producers, agriculture as a whole and local communities.
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Upcoming B&M closure sparks nostalgia, hope for future development
News that Portland’s longtime baked beans factory will close this year and be replaced with a technology and science campus elicits a wistful but hopeful response.
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Social Security and Medicare funds remain under pressure
A report projects the agency won’t be able to pay full benefits starting 2034, a year earlier than initially estimated.
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Biden looking at climate change risks to financial markets
The information will show how climate change could destabilize stocks and housing markets.
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Federal regulators impose seasonal ban on traditional lobstering in part of Gulf of Maine
Lobstermen worry that the restrictions designed to protect the endangered right whale in roughly 950 square miles of federal waters along midcoast Maine will endanger their industry.
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Production of toxic leaded gasoline finally ends
The poison fuel has caused more exposure to lead than any other product worldwide, according to WHO.