Portland Talks

Maine congressional delegation flexes political muscle to protect lobster exports
Press Herald
Three of the nation’s top trade negotiators will be in Portland on Friday to hold closed-door talks with Maine’s $1.5 billion-a-year lobster industry as it is trying to defend its European market from tariff-free Canadian competition and its Asian …

Maine bishop had ‘no alternative’ but to leave state ecumenical group
Catholic News Agency
After the Maine Council of Churches changed its decision-making process earlier this year, the Bishop of Portland was forced to withdraw from the group, the Portland Press-Herald reported Tuesday. The council had previously required unanimous agreement …
To preserve moral witness, Catholic diocese quits Maine Council of ChurchesReligion News Service
Artist Loses 100 Pieces in Studio FireU.S. News & World Report

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To preserve moral witness, Catholic diocese quits Maine Council of Churches
Religion News Service
(RNS) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, is withdrawing from the Maine Council of Churches in a bid to distance itself from LGBT advocacy and other stances that the church says could compromise its public moral witness. The decision …

Bruce Poliquin’s bid to save Maine defense jobs questioned
Press Herald
Just before the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin issued a press release announcing that he had pushed through an amendment to a defense spending bill to secure the jobs of “more than 600 of our hardworking Mainers in Aroostook County.

New venture fund targets startups in central, western Maine
Press Herald
Western Maine Venture Fund was formed by the Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of Skowhegan Savings Bank, and Opus Ventures, a Portland venture capital firm. The intent is to develop a $10 million pool of capital for targeted …