Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.
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Brunswick’s The Theater Project seeking donations, risks closure due to coronavirus
Community theater supporters say youth theater programs like The Theater Project are important for building skills, confidence and friendships for young people, as well as cultural development for the community.
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American Airlines will drop flights to 15 cities in October
It blames low demand during the coronavirus pandemic, which has triggered a massive slump in air travel and huge losses for carriers.
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There will be no additional James Beard Award winners this year – or next
The James Beard Foundation has decided not to name any more winners this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is canceling next year’s awards.
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Gov. Mills announces $200 million relief fund for small businesses
A state-funded grant program is aimed at stabilizing small employers, but business groups worry it will not be enough for some to stave off disaster.
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Trump appeals as judge OKs Manhattan DA getting tax returns
The president denounces the quest for his financial records as a ‘continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country.’
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Continued jobless claims fall sharply in Maine as U.S. unemployment worsens
The number of recurring claims fell by 8% in the first week job-search requirements were reinstated for unemployed Mainers.
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Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling U.S. economy
The number of American workers applying for unemployment compensation climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines.
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Lobstermen catch break on diesel engine standards
U.S. lobster fishery is exempt from new standards until cleaner-running lobster boat engines are available on the commercial market.
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Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May
Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.