Business Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Business, Maine, News

Lisbon Falls, Portland, Westbrook among Subway locations closed by state

by Christopher Wheelock December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

Maine labor officials are reaching out to workers after Revenue Services shuttered multiple restaurants.

Business, Maine, News

Charter Communications lays off 176 workers in Maine

by Daniel Kool December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

Workers at the Portland call center can relocate to another facility out of state, take severance or apply for other jobs at the company.

Business, Maine, News

Group launches ballot initiative aimed at ending recreational marijuana sales in Maine

by Penelope Overton December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

If the referendum question makes it onto the state ballot, voters will decide the fate of the $240 million-a-year market at the polls in 2026.

Business, Maine, News

Is Maine meeting its housing production goals? The state doesn’t know yet.

by Hannah LaClaire December 10, 2025December 13, 2025

A 2023 report that identified the need for 84,000 homes by 2030 laid out specific county-by-county production goals, but officials won’t have data until the spring.

Business, Health, Maine, News

Lewiston hospital can’t abandon trauma status, state says

by Hannah Kaufman December 10, 2025December 13, 2025

Central Maine Medical Center would have to remain a trauma center as a condition of a California health system’s acquisition.

Business, Food, Life & Culture

Two Maine desserts named to New York Times ‘best’ list

by Peggy Grodinsky December 9, 2025December 22, 2025

Times staff singled out sweets at Franciska Wine Bar in Portland and McLoons Lobster Shack in South Thomaston.

Business, Maine, News

Poland Spring Resort offers winter dining for first time in 50 years

by Christopher Wheelock December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

The Buzz: Mel’s Hilltop Restaurant open year-round.

Business, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen

At Bethel’s airport, regional pilots fly in but few pay out

by Rose Lincoln December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

Pilots registered to area towns benefit from using the airport, but local taxpayers are left footing the bill for operations while no other communities contribute to its upkeep.