PORTLAND, Maine - Unemployment fell in all three of Maine's metropolitan areas last month. Figures out today from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that joblessness in greater Bangor fell from 4.3 percent in February to 4.1 percent in March.
In Portland and South Portland, the unemployment rate fell from 3.3 percent in February to 3.1 percent last month. Lewiston-Auburn saw the biggest decline - from 4.1 percent to 3.8 percent.
In all cases, those jobless rates are about a percentage point lower than they were last year at this time.
