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Legal

  • Legal flaw could cut jobless benefits

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 29, 2009

    A glitch in the language of new legislation that extends unemployment benefits could leave thousands of Mainers without assistance.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 29, 2009
  • Auctioneers fined for violations

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 24, 2009

    Two auctioneers were slapped with fines after a state investigation concluded multiple violations at Cyr Auction Co. in Gray.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 24, 2009
  • Suit alleges TD Bank role in Ponzi scheme

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 22, 2009

    Florida investors have accused TD Bank of helping a Miami lawyer orchestrate a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 22, 2009
  • Investment agency shut down

    Carol Coultas November 16, 2009

    The Bureau of Insurance has yanked the license of a Portland insurance investment agent, citing deceptive, untrustworthy and incompetent conduct.

    Carol Coultas November 16, 2009
  • FairPoint bankruptcy intensifies GWI tussle

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 11, 2009

    FairPoint Communications plans to cut service to major fiber-optic cable lines used by Great Works Internet unless the Biddeford company pays it $3 million next month.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 11, 2009
  • Business sues counties over land records

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 11, 2009

    A Cumberland business aiming to create a statewide database of electronic land records is taking 13 Maine counties to court for not providing the information.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 11, 2009
  • FairPoint creditors question motives

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 8, 2009

    Nearly two weeks after FairPoint Communications filed for Chapter 11, its creditors are requesting an investigation into the company's finances and managers.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 8, 2009
  • CLYNK complaints prompt state warning

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 29, 2009

    A bottle redemption company based in South Portland is under fire for violating the state's returnable container laws.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 29, 2009
  • Plum Creek approval appealed

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 21, 2009

    Three environmental groups have filed an appeal of the state's approval of Plum Creek Timber Co.'s massive development in the Moosehead Lake region.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 21, 2009
  • Judge reconsiders Hannaford civil lawsuits

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 6, 2009

    Hannaford customers have another chance to seek compensation from the supermarket chain for the time and effort necessary to smooth their financial situation in the wake of the 2007-2008 data breach that exposed 4 million credit card numbers to fr

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 6, 2009
  • Class action suit consolidated in Bangor

    Whit Richardson September 30, 2009

    A federal judicial panel has chosen a Bangor court to hear a consolidated lawsuit that accuses cigarette maker Altria of using deceptive marketing practices when selling its "light" cigarettes.

    Whit Richardson September 30, 2009
  • Lewiston cos. fined for violating lead disclosure law

    The Mainebiz News Staff September 30, 2009

    Two developers in Lewiston are facing more than $715,000 in fines for not adequately disclosing the presence of lead paint to some building tenants, including families with children that were found to have high levels of lead in their bodies.

    The Mainebiz News Staff September 30, 2009
  • BookLocker gets green light in Amazon lawsuit

    Rebekah Metzler September 29, 2009

    An antitrust lawsuit brought against Amazon.com by an independent publishing company in Bangor recently entered a new chapter after a federal judge denied Amazon's request to have the suit thrown out.

    Rebekah Metzler September 29, 2009
  • Sanford construction co. sues Ocean Bank

    The Mainebiz News Staff September 29, 2009

    A Sanford construction company is suing Ocean Bank, alleging the Portsmouth-based bank was negligent after hackers illegally transferred more than $500,000 from the company's bank accounts.

    The Mainebiz News Staff September 29, 2009
  • Plum Creek wins regulators' approval

    Mainebiz News Staff September 23, 2009

    State regulators yesterday gave unanimous approval to Plum Creek Timber Co.'s resort and residential development in the Moosehead Lake region, the state's largest development in history.

    Mainebiz News Staff September 23, 2009
  • Wind farm critics file appeal

    Mainebiz News Staff September 23, 2009

    Opponents to a proposed wind farm in Roxbury have filed an appeal to the approval granted last month by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

    Mainebiz News Staff September 23, 2009

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Do you patronize farmers' markets in Maine?
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Maine has over 100 farmers' markets offering a range of local food products.

Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets reports that unseasonably cool temperatures and a rainy early summer have not only caused issues for some crops but also for local farmers' markets. Strawberries, for instance, had a bad season. Around the state, sales at farmers' markets have been down this summer.