MaineToday Media CEO, and president, resign | Portland Press Herald

PORTLAND, Maine – MaineToday Media CEO Richard L. Connor announced his resignation from the company today and will step down on Dec. 31, according to a media release.

Dale A. Duncan, who has been MaineToday president since July, also resigned, effective today.

MaineToday Media, which owns The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, The Kennebec Journal in Augusta and the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, will be run by an interim management team while a search is conducted for Connor’s successor.

Click to read more of the story by J. Hemmerdinger in the Portland Press Herald.

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Critics accuse LePage of exempting himself from pension sacrifice | Lewiston Sun Journal via Bangor Daily News

Great Whoopie Pie Compromise in Augusta | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Great Whoopie Pie Compromise in Augusta | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

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Phish in Augusta: Why not? | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME.

Maine tax revenues higher than expected | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Maine tax revenues higher than expected | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Impression that Maine’s summer tourist season was good, backed by revenue report | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Impression that Maine’s summer tourist season was good, backed by revenue report | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Baldacci names new top Maine environmental enforcer | Bangor Daily News

Baldacci names new top Maine environmental enforcer | Bangor Daily News.

Three trail systems to link in Augusta | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

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Older workers face different type of harassment | Bangor Daily News

Older workers face different type of harassment – Bangor Daily News.

Aircraft manufacturer coming to Brunswick | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

 Aircraft manufacturer coming to Brunswick | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Gay marriage to the fore in Augusta | Bangor Daily News

Gay marriage to the fore in Augusta – Bangor Daily News.

Flags to be lowered for Shaw | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

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State budget year to end with $50 million surplus | Bangor Daily News

State budget year to end with $50 million surplus – Bangor Daily News.

Maine heroes honored at police awards ceremony | Bangor Daily News

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Taking a hard look at government in Maine | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

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Fort Fairfield girls win Eastern Maine Class D Championship – Bangor Daily News

Fort Fairfield girls win Eastern Maine Class D Championship – Bangor Daily News.

Mainer Julia Clukey has Olympic spirit, drive | Portland Press Herald

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Maine eyes federal jobs bill

Maine summit seeks

ideas from businesses

 AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislative leaders called on Congress Tuesday to pass another stimulus package featuring tax breaks for small businesses that add employees, investment in infrastructure improvements and additional financial relief for states.

Gov. John Baldacci, meanwhile, held a jobs summit with business leaders from around the state on Tuesday to solicit ideas on steps government can take to help companies and the state grow their way out of the recession.

 “That’s why every one of you gets up every day and it’s certainly before me every single day,” Baldacci told representatives from 80 businesses across the state.

At a midday press conference, Democratic leaders from the House and Senate urged Congress to move forward with a jobs stimulus bill reinvesting money from the federal bailout of financial institutions, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.

Click on the link for the rest of today’s story by Kevin Miller of the Bangor Daily News.