Jobless rate below 7% for first time since 2008

Maine's unemployment rate dipped to 6.9% for April, marking the first time it has fallen below 7% since December 2008.According to the latest preliminary estimate from the...

R.H. Foster to open first retail Autogas pumps

Hampden-based energy company R.H. Foster will open the state's first retail pumps for Autogas, a form of liquid propane gas that can be used to fuel automobiles.The company...

Mainer Kinney, former General Mills exec, dies at 96

E. Robert Kinney, former head of General Mills and Maine native, died last week in Arizona at the age of 96.The

Irving Oil enters trucked CNG market

The New Brunswick-based Irving Oil has entered the market for trucked natural gas in Maine, where it has one other competitor.The

Senior centers secure $4.3M refi deal

The Washington, D.C.-based Love Funding announced this week it has closed on a $4.3 million refinancing deal for three senior care centers in Maine owned by North Country Associates Inc.