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Where to see Fourth of July parades and fireworks in Maine this year
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 3, 2025
Friday marks the 249th anniversary of the first Independence Day. The occasion will be marked with some of the summer’s best and brightest fireworks shows. Here’s where you can plan to go to watch the celebrations in Maine. Augusta The parade...
Warming Gulf of Maine Buffers Ocean Acidification—For Now
Eos
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July 3, 2025
In the face of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, the Gulf of Maine is thought to be particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. Its vulnerability has to do with temperature: The waters of the gulf are cold, and cold water dissolves carbon...
Fewer rural Maine moms get paid leave, study shows
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Parents of newborns in rural Maine are less likely to get paid parental leave than those in urban areas of the state, according to a new study. Northeastern University surveyed 151 new moms from around the state and found that nearly two-thirds...
Why Maine employers should rethink primary care
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Health care has become one of the most significant, and most frustrating, investments for Maine employers. Costs keep rising, yet employees still face long waits, disconnected care and difficulty forming meaningful relationships with primary care...
Cousins Maine Lobster Opens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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July 3, 2025
Cousins Maine Lobster (CML), the industry-leading fast-casual lobster roll brand, is expanding its North Carolina footprint with the launch of a new food truck in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. The husband-and-wife duo Savas and Victoria...
'Shameful, dangerous.' Maine lawmakers slam One Big Beautiful Bill's passage
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. House gave final approval Thursday to President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill and sent it to the president's desk, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a...
Cousins Maine Lobster Debuts Winston-Salem Truck
Franchise Opportunities
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By: Cousins Maine Lobster | 0 Shares 35 Reads July 03, 2025 // Franchising.com // WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Cousins Maine Lobster (CML) is expanding its North Carolina footprint with the launch of a new food truck in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan...
How tariffs on imported flowers are shaking up Maine's floral industry
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 3, 2025
Beginning in early June, Ryan Ravenscroft spends a lot of time in his fields and greenhouse at Mare Brook Farm in Brunswick, cutting flower stems. He snips snapdragons, stocks, and delphiniums, placing them in 5 gallon buckets. The blooming...
Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex
The Nation
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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025 While weapons contractors will gorge on a huge new infusion of cash, military personnel, past and present, are clearly going to be neglected. Ad Policy A Boeing B52H bomber is pictured flying in August 2020. (Rob Reedman / CC BY-NC-ND...
‘Don’t want Trump to decide my vacation’: Maine town still seeing tourists amid U.S.-Canada tensions
Global News
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July 3, 2025
This is Part 1 of a series looking at the impact of U.S.-Canada political tensions in Maine. Part 2 will take a closer look at how small businesses are coping. A Maine tourist hotspot is noticing a drop in Canadian tourists amid tensions between...
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC (NASDAQ:CALM) – A High Growth Momentum Stock with Strong Technical Setup
myMotherLode - California
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July 3, 2025
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC (NASDAQ:CALM) stands out as a high-growth momentum candidate with a solid technical setup, making it an interesting prospect for investors seeking both fundamental strength and favorable chart patterns. The company, a leading...
MTI to vet 5 proposals for Maine life sciences hub
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Maine Technology Institute will vet five proposals to develop a state-of-the art life sciences laboratory and business incubator based in the Pine Tree State, according to MTI President Brian Whitney. Tuesday was the submission deadline. The...
Real reform needed to reduce drug prices in Maine
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 3, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Trey Stewart represents District 2, which includes communities in...
Maine unemployment little changed in May on dampened hospitality hiring
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Maine’s unemployment rate was little changed at 3.4% in May as a rainy month dampened seasonal hiring in hospitality and industries that benefit from tourism. The rate compares to 3.5% in April and 2.9% in May 2024, according to the latest monthly...
Senate’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ cues House showdown over energy tax credits
Straight Arrow News
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Congress can’t agree on how to alter tax credits for renewable energy in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ The showdown over energy credits threatens to hold up President Donald Trump’s agenda of extending tax cuts. The U.S. Senate narrowly passed a...
A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate leases from June 2025
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Every week in the Thursday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate leases. (The Tuesday Real Estate Insider publishes commercial sales.) Here are the leases published in June 2025. The information is provided by...
'We have no room.' Maine animal shelter no longer accepting surrenders
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 2, 2025
'We have no room.' Maine animal shelter no longer accepting surrenders The shelter in Farmington says even several recent special offers have not increased adoption numbers Updated: 3:29 PM EDT Jul 2, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ The Franklin County...
Oldest lobster processing company in Maine files for bankruptcy
News Center Maine
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July 2, 2025
Cozy Harbor Seafood had been in business since 1980 and is the oldest and most experienced processor of lobster in the U.S., according to the company's website. PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's oldest lobster processing company filed for bankruptcy...
This Is the Largest Employer in Maine
Q106.5 - Maine
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July 2, 2025
There are many great and rewarding places to work in our Pine Tree State, but one employer stands out for hiring the most Mainers. The latest population numbers suggest that nearly 1.5 million people live here in Maine. While not everyone is in...
Maine's subsidies for affordable housing construction have dried up
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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June 17, 2025
MaineHousing has awarded $13.4 million in state subsidies for the construction of 129 new affordable rental units in Portland and Lewiston. But the housing agency warns these projects could be the last of their kind for some time, because state...