Similar to rock stars taking breaks from touring and college graduates spending a “gap year” to travel or volunteer, a growing number of business and nonprofit leaders are giving themselves time-outs of a year or more to reset.
Fortunat Mueller will initially head to Tanzania with his family and then Switzerland where he was born, with plans to return to ReVision in the summer of 2025.
Retail development is booming in the state's fourth-largest city, from walkable waterfront neighborhoods to the sprawling shopping plazas of the Maine Mall area.
South Portland changed its award categories this year to recognize resilience in the face of the pandemic; the seven winners will be honored in a Feb. 11 ceremony.
As the pandemic continues, Maine's record-high unemployment rate is still high. But employers are hiring, and sectors with the biggest job losses last spring now have some of the most openings. Jobs in some sectors are even back at pre-COVID levels.
The economic effects of the coronavirus crisis have been felt across all sectors of the energy industry. Besides sharp declines in demand, there's general uncertainty about what the future holds — and even some glimmers of new opportunity.
A slew of laws passed in 2019, particularly one that opens net metering up to larger arrays, should mean more solar development across the state as well as more options for communities, businesses and other potential users, experts said today.
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