Entrepreneurial Mainers are building minifleets to take advantage of mounting interest in car-sharing platforms, offering alternatives to traditional auto rentals.
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Harness racing developer looks to open simulcast facility in Cumberland County
First Track Investments plans to launch a temporary facility in a location separate from the Cumberland Fairgrounds, while the company seeks a new track site elsewhere in southern Maine.
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Fans of hard seltzer are finding lots to love in new flavors flowing from Maine’s craft breweries
With fewer calories and less alcohol than beer or cocktails, hard seltzer appeals to health-conscious drinkers – and many others.
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Cheverus High grad develops product that’s hard seltzer adjacent
NOCA drinks are now for sale in several states.
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Trail of ‘forever chemicals’ leads to Maine paper mills
The manufacturing industry, which has used PFAS for decades, faces a reckoning as the state grapples with soil and water contamination.
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Central Maine business briefs: Gardiner credit union staff help Meals on Wheels
People & Places: Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce hires vice president of operations.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Sports
Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms
After a year’s delay, the Olympics arrive during a COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan, with most Japanese citizens wishing the Olympics weren’t taking place and most events occurring in near-empty venues.
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Portland’s FBI field office included in scathing report on USA Gymnastics sex abuse probe
A local attorney tried to prod investigators into moving faster on the case of Dr. Larry Nassar, who later was convicted of abusing dozens of female athletes, including Olympic gymnasts.
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Stocks end a wobbly week lower, breaking 3-week win streak
The downbeat close to the week suggests investors are uncertain about how strongly the economic recovery will be in the second half of the year.
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U.S. retail sales rose 0.6% in June as economy opens up
The increase was a surprise to Wall Street analysts, who had expected sales to fall slightly last month.