The Bartlett Maine Estate Winery in Gouldsboro is for sale, as its founders, famous for their complex, award-winning blueberry wines, consider retirement.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine maker of Lincoln Logs is closing its doors
Pride Manufacturing Co., in Burnham, has notified the state it will lay off 115 people when it shuts down in April.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, The Bethel Citizen
Brad Wight’s game cooler in Newry fills important role in disappearing niche
From hunters to highway kills, one western Maine man keeps game from going to waste.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s automotive right to repair law, explained
Eighty-four percent of Mainers supported right to repair in 2023, but implementation has stalled over a series of disputes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How Maine businesses are preparing for ICE enforcement actions
Companies that hire immigrants are watching what’s happening in other states and taking precautions in case similar raids happen here.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine approves new pesticides with forever chemicals
The Board of Pesticide Control approved products that contain ingredients Maine will ban in 2032, arguing federal regulators consider them to be safe.
Posted inBusiness, Community, Guides, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Need a little off the top? Try these hair care spots around Jay, Livermore Falls.
A quick reference for local salons and barber shops in Jay, Livermore Falls communities.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Report says Hannaford grocery prices are higher in low-income Maine communities
Customers, and organizers of a campaign against the company, have pointed out discrepancies across the state. Hannaford says the demographics of a community do not affect pricing.
Posted inBusiness, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford teen takes business class to whole other level with coffee, lemonade truck
The 16-year-old home-schooled student is balancing school, karate and entrepreneurship while taking her mobile coffee and lemonade business on the road throughout central Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Auburn can put halt on mobile home lot rent increases, city attorney says
City officials will consider a potential moratorium Jan. 20 after a group of residents spoke out about rising lot rents earlier this month.