LEWISTON — Norway Savings Bank recently gave the Center for Wisdom’s Women a $1,000 donation in support of its mission. The center, located at 97 Blake St. and greatly supported by volunteers, supports and empowers women survivors of addiction, trafficking and incarceration, offering holistic healing in a shared community that tends to the material and […]
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Maine Tesla owners remain mixed on Elon Musk’s brand
The once-revered electric vehicles have endured vandalism, public scorn and a wave of trade-ins by some drivers no longer comfortable with what the brand represents.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England, News
Hannaford began review of dairy sourcing days before human rights complaint
The complaint by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based farmers’ rights group, alleges substandard working conditions on some farms that supply the supermarket chain’s milk.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Collins ‘encouraged’ by meeting with Navy secretary at Portsmouth Shipyard
The meeting came after workers at the Kittery shipyard were initially targeted as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Visitors to Maine dropped again in 2024, challenging a top industry
Spending by tourists increased slightly to $9.2 billion, but Gov. Mills anticipates further declines as Canadians curb U.S. travel plans.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Guides, Life & Culture, News
How to buy concert tickets — and avoid getting scammed
Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban bots and put a price cap on resale tickets.
Posted inBusiness, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
Another weed shop opened on Forest Ave. This is how they all survive.
There are now six cannabis shops within a mile and a half of Forest Avenue, and their owners say there’s room for all of them.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, The Franklin Journal
Jake’s Home Furniture & Appliance moving to empty Save-A-Lot space in Farmington
Renovations are ongoing in the former grocery store with an anticipated reopening of the furniture store this July.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Women-owned businesses a major force in Lisbon’s economy
Most of the new businesses in town in recent years are owned by women. They say it’s about improving the community, not gender.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
As cocoa prices rise, Maine chocolatiers try to find the sweet spot
Supply problems in West Africa, the commodities market and uncertain tariffs have forced local chocolate makers to find creative solutions to doing business.