Court: State law trumps local food ordinances

Local ordinances to exempt farmers and food producers from the state's regulatory oversight for food products won't hold up in court, according to a recent Superior Court ruling.

Aquaculture co. pleads guilty to illegal pesticide use

A Canadian firm owned by the largest aquaculture operator in Maine pleaded guilty Friday before a Canadian court to illegal use of a pesticide that killed hundreds of lobsters near the...

Protect your business from an unexpected exit

There are only two ways an owner exits a business: planned or unplanned. What happens if the unexpected occurs to you, the business owner? Most businesses are familiar with disaster...

MTM: Connor bilked company of more than $500K

Maine Today Media says its former CEO, Richard Connor, improperly took more than $500,000 from the company between June 2009 and October 2011.Lisa...

Summit, MNG face off again in Augusta

Maine Natural Gas and Summit Natural Gas of Maine are competing again, this time for municipal and county contracts in the Augusta area.The

Legal challenge leaves trucking regs, cos. in limbo

Legal challenges over federal regulations governing hours-of-service for long-haul truck drivers have put Maine trucking companies in a bind: Do they wait for a favorable court ruling on...

Searsport review moves on as DCP moves out

The Searsport Planning Board will continue to review plans for a 22-million-gallon liquid propane storage tank after the applicant, DCP Midstream, withdrew the project from...

Pesticides, mold among Auburn pot grower's violations

Investigators found bugs and mold — which prompted the illegal application of pesticides — at an Auburn medical marijuana growing operation that supplies four Maine...