Piscataquis County

Across Piscataquis County, employers in sectors from health care to manufacturing and hospitality are improvising to hire and retain employees.

Life sciences is a $2.3 billion industry in Maine, and the sector’s job growth has exceeded 30% in recent years — outpacing job creation in all other industries.

Throughout Piscataquis and Penobscot counties, the housing crisis is not a single-issue challenge, but a constellation of interrelated barriers, according to a report from Eastern Maine Development Corp.

With orders up 25% through the first quarter, the manufacturer, which has sites in Guilford and Pittsfield, says tariffs will have a "negligible" effect on operations.

Newport drivers will see construction detours at a busy intersection beginning in April.

United Insurance acquired six Kimball Korp locations, in Rumford, Farmington, Lewiston, Livermore Falls, Turner and Sangerville. 

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Opechee Construction is teaming up with Maine Course Hospitality Group on the development of an extended-stay hotel in Scarborough.

Northern Light CA Dean Hospital in Greenville is offering a free training program for people who want to pursue a career as a certified nursing assistant.

Some 16 months after restructuring, Puritan Medical Products said it is again hiring, looking to add 50 employees to its present roster of 450.