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After so-so year, Maine tourism industry hopes to grow more in 2023
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 28—Tourism industry officials in Maine say they hope to build on the results from 2022, a year in which the number of visitors to the state slipped, but tourist spending rose sharply. At ...
Nuclear power in Kitsap? Not happening. But 'Navy nukes' will keep generating it elsewhere
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBREMERTON — At any given moment, around a dozen atom-splitting nuclear reactors abut the Kitsap...
Full list of latest projects receiving money from levelling up fund
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoHere is a full list of the latest projects receiving money from the Government’s levelling up fund....
The MEMIC Group names Maryann Hoff as its new VP of loss control and safety
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 1—NEW HIRES Sevee & Maher Engineers has hired Thomas Neilson as a senior geologist. Neilson brings more than 10 years of experience performing geologic and hydrogeologic assessments for ...
Thru-hiker hopes to inspire Indigenous kids to pursue outdoor adventures
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 2—When Nyle Sockbeson started work two years ago as an outdoor educator at Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness in Bangor, he wanted to inspire children from Indigenous communities to pursue ...
Judge dismisses Maine hospitals' opioid lawsuit against drug companies
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 14—A Cumberland County judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Northern Light Health hospitals against pharmaceutical companies for their role perpetuating the opioid crisis. Business ...
Free tuition program helps boost enrollment at Maine community colleges
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 27—A new program that provides free tuition for recent high school graduates has helped boost fall enrollment by 12 percent at Maine's seven community colleges. Enrollment figures released ...
Truck driver whose flying wheel killed a state trooper to admit responsibility in plea deal
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 28—Three years ago, a Maine state trooper who had stopped on Interstate 95 to aid a stranded motorist was killed when a wheel from a passing logging truck suddenly flew off and and struck ...
After intense lobbying, Maine Senate backs bill to set minimum nurse staffing in hospitals
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 27—The Maine Senate voted Wednesday in favor of mandatory nurse staffing ratios for the state's hospitals, bringing back a controversial issue that has divided hospital officials and the ...
With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 5—Susan Cameron spent 164 days this winter in the same small hospital room at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford — a gray room with a view of the parking lot. Cameron was ready to ...