To qualify, the companies must go through a safety audit and maintain injury rates below the industry average.
Jessica Hall
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Maine shrimp fishermen’s catch limits cut 74 percent
The state’s $70 million industry, which employs 1,500 fishermen, faces the devastating cut due to overfishing and environmental conditions.
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Many want mortgage deduction to survive
Losing it would chill home building and remodeling and slow sales of vacation homes in Maine, observers say.
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In Alton, a murder, a suicide, a mystery
State police are trying to determine whether the third victim shot himself or was shot by his friend.
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Maine jobless rate dips to 7.4% in October
That’s better than the U.S. as a whole, but there has been little job growth in the state for several years.
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Cheap turkeys the lure for grocers’ all-important fourth quarter
The Thanksgiving table may be groaning with an excess of food on Thursday, but chances are the items on it will be a bargain.
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Hostess labor strike takes the cake, company claims
Hostess Brands Inc. plans to close after 82 years, putting 500 Mainers out of work
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Changes afoot for Cole Haan
Nike Inc. announces it has agreed to sell Cole Haan to private equity firm Apax Partners for $570 million.
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Baker’s ovens to go cold
Hostess will shut down after a decade of financial tumult, eliminating 500 Maine jobs.
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500 Maine workers face layoffs in Hostess bakery liquidation
BIDDEFORD — Hostess Brands bakery workers picketed through a 5 p.m. deadline Thursday, setting the stage for the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread to start liquidation proceedings.