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New manager of a downtown Freeport shopping center looks to increase visibility
Updated: April 3, 2024Freeport Village Station has more than 120,000 square feet of space, three-quarters of which is leased. The new management firm plans to raise the visibility of the shopping center.
Updated: April 3, 2024
Clam chowder beer, magic unicorns: Maine companies almost got us on April Fools' Day
Updated: April 2, 2024On April 1, a day of fun and foolery worldwide, social media was bursting with hoaxes. Mainebiz didn't fall for them.
Updated: April 2, 2024
Norway Opera House will use new funds to revitalize, reopen historic performance space
March 29, 2024The first phase of the project, to secure the building’s integrity and to renovate the first-floor retail spaces, has been completed. Next up is bringing the space back as a fully functioning performance venue.
March 29, 2024
Friday Food Insider: An international smorgasbord in Biddeford, and more eatery news
Updated: March 29, 2024The Dunn Bar, an Irish pub in Biddeford, is expanding its offerings internationally with the opening an Italian restaurant next door.
Updated: March 29, 20243 months after 'Grinch storm' flooding, Gardiner's Hannaford reopens
March 28, 2024The Dec. 18 storm caused flooding, power outages and damage throughout much of the state. Floodwaters from the Kennebec River rose at least 1 foot above the entrance of the Hannaford store in Gardiner, according to a news report at the time.
March 28, 2024
Whooping it up: Portland Sea Dogs set sweet-treat world record
Updated: March 27, 2024If you think one whoopie pie is a lot to digest, how about 2,121? That turned out to be the magic number for the Portland Sea Dogs in setting a world record outside Hadlock Field last June.
Updated: March 27, 2024
Urban Farm Fermentory confirms: Yes, we're shutting down production
March 26, 2024A month after Urban Farm Fermentory announced the business would pour its last fermented drinks, patrons were left wondering about the fate of wholesale production.
March 26, 2024
New ownership of the Good Table adds zest to Cape Elizabeth eatery's comfort-food roots
Updated: March 26, 2024Forr the Prentice Organization’s newest restaurant venture, Chef Matt Ginn has crafted a menu centered on elegant comfort food.
Updated: March 26, 2024Linda Bean, a Maine business icon in her own right, dies at 82
March 25, 2024The granddaughter of the founder of L.L.Bean Inc., Linda Bean built a variety of businesses in Maine and was a philanthropist and Republican political candidate.
March 25, 2024
Friday Food Insider: Maine sugarhouses are gearing up for Maple Sunday
March 22, 2024Sugarhouses are gearing up for Maine Maple Sunday, an annual weekend event that's critically important to the state's maple producers. But winter-like weather could pose a problem this year.
March 22, 2024
Live from New York, it's Luke's Lobster — coming soon to Rockefeller Center
Updated: March 22, 2024Luke's Lobster will open its ninth location in the Big Apple this April at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, in the same building where "Saturday Night Live" is broadcast on NBC television.
Updated: March 22, 2024
South Portland animal-health startup expands its leadership team
March 21, 2024ElleVet Sciences, which specializes in cannabis-based products for pets, has made a promotion and an outside hire.
March 21, 2024
Maine's organic food industry looks to grow, with a $1M federal boost
Updated: March 21, 2024The funding goes to four Maine farms and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and will support a wide range of projects aimed at expanding the organic food market.
Updated: March 21, 2024
LLBean posts sales dip for 2023 amid retail headwinds, trims employee bonuses
Updated: March 18, 2024After sales fell last year, the Freeport-based company has cut its performance bonus from 13.5% of annual pay to 9%.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Friday Food Insider: Businesses are gearing up for a busy St. Patrick's Day weekend
March 15, 2024As we head into the weekend, Maine restaurants are gearing up for a busy St. Patrick’s Day. Where are you going to get your Guinness on?
March 15, 2024
Texas business owner scoops up grocery in prime location near Acadia
Updated: March 18, 2024The buyer owns over 200 stores across the U.S. and is looking to add more in Maine. The Hulls Cove store dates to the 1960s and is in good condition.
Updated: March 18, 2024
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