Family behind Market Basket back in court

BOSTON (AP) — Two cousins whose feud over their family’s New England supermarket chain, including a store in Biddeford, which prompted an employee walk-out and a customer boycott, are fighting in court again.

Arthur S. Demoulas sold his stake in the Market Basket chain in 2014 after a protest by workers upset that a board controlled by him fired his cousin Arthur T. Demoulas. The chain’s customers supported the workers and began shopping elsewhere. Arthur T. Demoulas got his job back, and the chain has rebounded.

Last week, Arthur S. Demoulas and his sister-in-law filed a lawsuit alleging they’ve been excluded from involvement in an IRS audit of the chain of 76 stores.

A spokeswoman for Demoulas Super Markets tells The Boston Globe the company always planned to include Arthur S. Demoulas in the audit process.

Survey: job openings at a third of businesses

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials say a survey of more than 2,000 businesses in the state shows that a third of them have at least one job opening.

The state Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research and Information posted the results of the 2015 survey earlier this week. It was sent to 3,400 Maine businesses, 2,100 of which responded.

Officials say 700 of the 2,100 businesses that responded indicated that they have at least one job available.

The data reflects vacancies from the fall of 2015.

State officials say the survey found that the largest number of vacancies were in the industry of health care and social assistance. That industry had nearly 7,000 vacancies.

Accommodation and food services was second, with more than 3,500 vacancies.

Judge hands libertarians a victory

PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge has given the Libertarian Party of Maine until July 12 to get enough signatures for its presidential and vice presidential candidates to appear on the November ballot.

Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. said Friday the Libertarian Party is likely to win its argument that Maine’s Dec. 1 deadline to certify parties is “unconstitutionally early.”

But he denied the group’s request to place lower-office candidates on the ballot.

John Branson, who represented the libertarians, said Maine is one of 15 states in which the Libertarian Party is not an officially recognized party.

Branson said the party feels confident it can enroll 487 people by the deadline. He added voters have “tremendous” interest in third-party candidates this year.

The ruling comes ahead of the Libertarian National Convention this weekend.

Fiishermen to try electronic monitors

HARWICH, Massachusetts (AP) — A commercial fishing association says a group of fishermen from Massachusetts and Maine will use digital cameras instead of human monitors to collect data during trips at sea.

Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance says up to 20 fishermen who catch groundfish such as cod and flounder will use the cameras in a first-time program.