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Friday Food Insider: Portland distillery closes; Portland Wine Week on pause
Alexis Wells March 13, 2025A roundup includes Portland Wine Week taking a pause, a Portland brewery closing and National Pi Day.
Good Shepherd says federal food assistance reductions pose serious challenges
Laurie Schreiber March 13, 2025Two USDA programs fund access to about 800,000 pounds of food distributed by Good Shepherd and its partners to people in need.
Two Maine municipalities recognized for downtown revitalization efforts
Tina Fischer March 12, 2025The Maine Downtown Center program has added Waterville and Van Buren to the 30 towns it will assist in creating more vibrant communities.
United Insurance acquires six offices from central Maine firm
Alexis Wells March 11, 2025United Insurance acquired six Kimball Korp locations, in Rumford, Farmington, Lewiston, Livermore Falls, Turner and Sangerville.
Furniture maker Thomas Moser, 90, remembered as 'great teacher, artist'
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 10, 2025Today, Auburn-based Thos. Moser employs over 60 craftspeople. The company has built chairs for presidents and furniture for thousands of customers around the world.
Blue Ox Malthouse takes top honors in international competition
Laurie Schreiber March 7, 2025From a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Lisbon Industrial Park, Blue Ox processes 5 million pounds of grain annually and supplies roughly 120 craft breweries and distilleries.
Despite shifting landscape, Maine's self-storage market remains strong
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 10, 2025The sale of four self-storage facilities in recent months illustrates a healthy volume of transactions compared with an otherwise slower investment market, said the broker.
Kennebec Savings promotes manager to drive growth in residential lending
Alexis Wells March 6, 2025Marco Stigling will oversee a team of nine lenders across central Maine.
Thomas College VP nominated as Maine’s next economics commissioner
Laurie Schreiber March 5, 2025Michael Duguay is executive director of the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College, and has experience in economic and community development.
Jobs report: Maine is not competitive with other states
Laurie Schreiber March 3, 2025Maine is not attracting new employment at the same rates as other states and firms are not achieving the high levels of productivity that would support increasing wage levels.
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The days after Thanksgiving are the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Many shoppers are already setting their sights on the whirlwind of holiday shopping — Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
Major retailers like Walmart, Target, Amazon and Best Buy have already launched early deals, giving shoppers a head start on savings.
A record 186.9 million people plan to shop from midnight on Black Friday through Cyber Monday, according to a consumer survey by the National Retail Federation. The figure is up by more than 3 million total shoppers from last year's record.
The National Retail Federation forecast also calls for holiday spending to surpass $1 trillion for the first time, with sales predicted to grow between 3.7% and 4.2% from 2024.
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The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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