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  • La Kermesse official indicted on theft charges

    Mainebiz News Staff June 10, 2010

    The former president of La Kermesse, a Franco festival group in Biddeford, was charged Wednesday with stealing thousands of dollars from the festival and a condominium association for which she was treasurer.

    Mainebiz News Staff June 10, 2010
  • Turner egg farm to pay $125K in cruelty case

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 8, 2010

    Maine Contract Farming, which operates the Quality Egg of New England farm in Turner, has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle an animal cruelty case that began last year.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 8, 2010
  • Tax break approved for Pierce Atwood move

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 8, 2010

    The Portland City Council yesterday approved a $2.8 million tax break to help law firm Pierce Atwood renovate and relocate to a former warehouse on the waterfront.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 8, 2010
  • Bank seeks receiver for Portland's Bayside Village

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 4, 2010

    Bayside Village, Portland's first private housing development for college students, could be put into receivership after developers defaulted on the nearly $21 million mortgage.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 4, 2010
  • BEP delays final HoltraChem decision

    Carol Coultas June 3, 2010

    A Board of Environmental Protection ruling issued today pushes a decision on the future use of the old HoltraChem site in Orrington into July, but Paul White, Orrington's town manager, says the ruling reflects progress.

    Carol Coultas June 3, 2010
  • Heritage Policy Center sues municipal assoc.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2010

    The Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative think tank in Portland, has filed a lawsuit against the Maine Municipal Association, claiming the organization improperly contributed to four political action committees.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2010
  • AG clears former PUC chair of wrongdoing

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2010

    The Maine Attorney General's Office has cleared former Public Utilities Commission Chair Kurt Adams of any wrongdoing related to accepting equity units from First Wind while still employed with the state.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 3, 2010
  • Court: FairPoint can pay state legal fees

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010

    A New York bankruptcy court has agreed that FairPoint Communications can pay the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Public Advocate's Office more than $600,000 in outside legal fees the state agencies incurred while representing consumers i

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010
  • Cow genetics firm takes Maine co. to court

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010

    A New York-based cattle genetics company is trying to prevent a former employee from using its trade secrets to launch a competing company in Maine.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 1, 2010
  • Yarmouth real estate broker gets jail time

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 26, 2010

    Daniel Coyne, a former commercial real estate broker in Yarmouth, was sentenced to 10 months in prison yesterday for bilking an investor out of $50,000.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 26, 2010
  • Plum Creek agrees to fine for clearcutting

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 26, 2010

    Plum Creek Maine Timberlands has agreed to pay more than $38,000 in a settlement with the state over violations of the state's forest practices law.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 26, 2010
  • Richardson warned of campaign complaints

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 24, 2010

    The Maine Ethics Commission warned former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Richardson in February about problems in his fundraising operation weeks before allegations that four campaign volunteers violated Clean Election Act rules made the

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 24, 2010
  • Pierce Atwood move could usher in changes for waterfront development

    Robert M. Cook May 18, 2010

    A proposal by a Portland law firm to move into a five-story waterfront building on Commercial Street in 2011 may provide waterfront property owners with some momentum in their quest to get the city to approve central zoning changes designed to spu

    Robert M. Cook May 18, 2010
  • State targets health insurance scammer

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 18, 2010

    State regulators are cracking down on a Tennessee company providing fraudulent health insurance plans and have ordered the company to pay $1.2 million in penalties.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 18, 2010
  • Anthem to appeal rate increase decision

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 14, 2010

    Anthem is appealing a Superior Court ruling that upheld limiting the insurance company's premium hike to 10.9%.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 14, 2010
  • Appeal of Walsh hotel denied

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 14, 2010

    Bar Harbor's board of appeals has rejected a request from a rival hotelier to revoke the approval of Tom Walsh's proposed hotel.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 14, 2010

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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.