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Older Mainers are filling gaps in a tight labor market

Often working part time, people age 65 and older have become a critical resource in the state’s economy.

The German supermarket chain’s latest location is a former Big Lots store on Brighton Avenue.

Here are some stories across the decades about R.H. Reny, the founder of the Renys department store chain, curated from our newspaper archives.

The outdoor apparel retailer filed for bankruptcy this month and is poised to shutter 175 stores across the U.S. and Canada.

Some Maine retailers and others who handle cash transactions are rounding change to the nearest nickel in the absence of pennies.

Some customers are buying smaller boxes of chocolate, or nothing at all, but the full picture of demand may not be clear until Sunday.

Many say they will give a portion of sales to groups helping immigrants and other community members.

The Buzz: Italian deli concept is a hit with customers.

The Buzz: Katie Ray relocated her bakery from West Gardiner.

Greg Elder, who joined the Freeport-based company in 2007, says he ‘believes in the power of the outdoors to bring people together.’