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Maine Pointe’s Chris Brumitt examines supply chain challenges in aerospace and defense
Consultancy.org
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July 3, 2025
As aerospace and defense manufacturers contend with ongoing supply chain disruptions and escalating costs, managing supplier risk and quality assurance is becoming increasingly vital. Chris Brumitt, managing director for aerospace and defense at...
I Ended up in Maine to Consult With a Physician Who Has Patients with High PFAS Blood Levels
The Connecticut Examiner
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July 3, 2025
To the Editor: The Department of Public Health and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have had an abysmal record of responding to my concerns, Re “Farmer Fights State Officials Over Unregulated PFAS From Nearby Waste...
Maine developer of affordable, energy-efficient homes will ramp up
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Zero Energy Homes — a startup looking to show how modular construction combined with “net zero energy” principles can be priced for the affordable housing market — is almost finished building its single-family demonstration home in Searsport and...
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...
Northeast Firms to Pay $1.37M to Settle Claims of Shoddy Runway Construction
Insurance Journal
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July 3, 2025
Contractors from Maine, Connecticut and New York will pay $1.37 million to resolve allegations concerning false claims for payment related to the rehabilitation of a Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport runway in Westfield, Massachusetts. As part of...
'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 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...
Maine lawmakers vote to recapitalize development program, but with risks to taxpayers
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 2, 2025
Maine lawmakers had to make some difficult funding choices this legislative session, but on adjournment day, a majority voted to recapitalize a program that leverages state-backed tax credits to lure investment in economic development projects....
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...
Manufacturing has strong roots in Maine, and an even stronger future
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Maine has always been a state that builds things. From shipbuilding in Bath to precision components in Sanford, manufacturing is more than an industry here — it’s part of our identity. Photo / Provided John Lewis As the new executive director of...
Maine's congressional delegation rallies to save Job Corps centers
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Maine’s congressional delegation is opposing the recently announced closure of Job Corps centers both in the state and nationwide. The U.S. Department of Labor has said it plans to begin a “phased pause in operations” at the more than 120 centers...
Maine can't afford to lose federal funding, governor says
KBBI AM 890 - Alaska
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July 2, 2025
Maine Governor Janet Mills is warning that her state cannot afford the large cuts in federal assistance included in the massive tax and spending legislation currently awaiting a final vote in the House of Representatives. More than 30,000 people...
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...
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...
MAINE-LY GARDENING: What’s in the garden? Beans
The Town Line - Maine
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July 2, 2025
Beans are so easy to grow. The littlest gardeners can plant them and see them come up quickly. There are so many varieties and ways to serve them that it’s no wonder that lots of gardeners grow several types: for eating freshly picked through the...
Maine becomes last New England state to mandate organics diversion
Waste Dive
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July 2, 2025
Dive Brief: Maine enacted a law requiring certain large food waste generators to divert their organic waste from disposal starting July 1, 2030. The bill became law without the governor’s signature. The organics diversion mandate becomes more...
Maine officials react to Senate’s passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
WABI - Maine
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July 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. & AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI, Gray D.C.) - Senate Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s domestic policy package on Tuesday after a overnight voting session. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the...
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...