Duties on Canadian imports are driving up domestic sales at some Maine lumber companies. Is it enough to overcome high operating costs and a slumping housing market?
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5 Auburn housing projects to watch in 2026
Market-rate homes and apartments have been driving development in the city, and bringing in higher fees, since the pandemic.
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Wyman’s wants to sell some of its Maine blueberry fields. Why?
The biggest wild blueberry grower in the US has listed 781 acres in the Midcoast.
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Sun Journal hires new community, sports writers; promotes education reporter
Longtime Central Maine reporter Emily Duggan joins new hires Quentin Blais and Jimmy James on the Sun Journal group’s writing staff.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Auburn to get $8M for housing, economic development
The city plans to use the federal funding on sewer, water and sidewalk infrastructure in south Auburn.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Frances Perkins to be inducted into Maine Women’s Hall of Fame
The trailblazing public servant, social reformer and first woman to serve in the Cabinet of a U.S. president will be honored at a ceremony in March.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, The Bethel Citizen
Aroma Joe’s opens in Bethel
Franchise owners say giving back will be part of the business model.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Life & Culture, Maine, New England Patriots, Sports
Portland designer’s Pats jacket is Super Bowl bound
Daphne Murphy creates stylish outerwear from souvenir blankets, sweatshirts and jerseys of New England’s pro sports teams.
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Sludge treatment plant proposed in Sanford
Aries Clean Technologies claims its gasification and oxidization plant can destroy most forever chemicals in sewage sludge, but the state has yet to evaluate its claims.