Meg Robbins

Portland

Business Editor at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

city editor @kj_online. formerly @mainemonitor, @OnlineSentinel

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Articles

Feds cut $9M for Downeast coastal restoration project

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Maine has lost $9 million it was awarded to reduce flooding and restore fish habitats Downeast as part of the Trump administration’s continued efforts to cut federal spending. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notified the Maine Department of Marine Resources in April that the project was an “overuse of taxpayer dollars” and no longer “relevant” to the administration’s priorities.
Bill to kill Gorham Connector crashes in committee

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

A bill that would ensure the controversial Gorham Connector proposal is dead was soundly rejected by the Legislature’s transportation committee this week. LD 1020 would repeal 2017 legislation that directed the Maine Turnpike Authority to plan and build a toll highway extension from South Portland, through Scarborough and Westbrook, to Gorham.
Mainers roll with start of Real ID travel requirements

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Kelley Bouchard |Meg Robbins

Most passengers breezed through identification checkpoints at Portland International Jetport on Wednesday as the federal Transportation Safety Administration began enforcing Real ID screening measures nationwide. Of about 1,000 passengers who boarded planes between 6 and 10 a.m., 98% showed a Real ID, passport or other compliant identification, said Zachary Sundquist, assistant airport director.
‘Fisherman core’ is the latest fashion fad. Here’s what Mainers think.

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

ROCKPORT — Designer lobster bags rumored to sell for $18,000. Silk couture fishing bibs with a cleavage-friendly neckline. Woven leather sandals. Sardine tattoos peeking out from underneath cable knit sweaters. Handmade trawler coats made from recycled polyester.
Airport security to start asking for Real IDs on Wednesday; enforcement likely to lag

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Meg Robbins

AUGUSTA — Maine officials said Tuesday they had not received a response to their appeal for a delay in enforcement at the state’s airports when the federal Real ID deadline arrives Wednesday. But the Transportation Security Administration is expected to phase in the enforcement nationwide anyway and allow people to fly for a period, even if they don’t have the federal identification.
Maine Public could lose 12% of funding with executive order to defund NPR, PBS

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Maine Public Broadcasting Network could lose 12% of its funding, following an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” the nation’s primary public broadcasters. President Donald Trump signed the order late Thursday, alleging bias in the programming. Aside from pulling funding, the order instructs the corporation and other federal agencies to root out indirect sources of public financing for the new organizations.
New breakfast, lunch spot has opened in Morrill’s Corner

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Mandy & Matt’s Cafe has opened in Portland’s Morrill’s Corner. The breakfast-lunch restaurant is open seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. most days, but closes at 1 p.m. on Sundays. The cafe, which opened for business on April 21, is named for its owners, Amanda and Matthew Lebel. The extensive breakfast menu — served all day — includes such items as avocado toast, biscuits and sausage gravy, corn beef hash, smoothie bowls, omelets and an array of eggs benedicts and breakfast sandwiches.
Maine lawmakers still betting on accessory dwelling units to help end housing crisis

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Three years ago, Maine lawmakers passed a landmark bill designed to increase home construction and help ease the state’s worsening housing crisis. Now, almost one year after implementation, some worry the law hasn’t lived up to its potential. “I don’t think we’ve seen nearly that much uptake since LD 2003 passed,” said Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford.
Key manufacturing resource in Maine could lose all federal funding

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

AUBURN — The Trump administration is sending mixed signals to Maine’s manufacturing base regarding funding cuts, according to the president of the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Jim Fay. “Our mission is to make every Maine manufacturer the best business it can be,” he said. And that would seem to fit into President Donald Trump’s desires to bring manufacturing back in this country, ostensibly through the imposition of tariffs.
Key manufacturing resource in Maine could lose all federal funding

2 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Meg Robbins

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