A legal change removes building code provisions that made it hard to erect the structures in urban areas.
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Hannaford, Market Basket, Shaw’s, Walmart: Check out the Press Herald’s comparison shopping
The cost of groceries has skyrocketed in recent years, but the price of food is only one factor attracting patrons to the big players in Maine’s shifting supermarket landscape.
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Maine Senate passes food scraps disposal ban
The measure would require commercial and industrial-scale food waste producers to donate their edible leftovers and recycle what remains.
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Maine House approves food waste recycling mandate
The bill would require some large producers of food waste to find beneficial uses rather than put it into the waste stream.
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Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association showcases pollock with new dip
MCFA partnered with Dunstan Smokehouse in Scarborough to produce a new product to bring more seafood to the local market.
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Annual Central Maine Chocolate Festival draws those with sweet tooths, other interests to Fairfield
Vendors were selling chocolate treats, crafts, toys and other items Sunday at the Fairfield Community Center, all to benefit the Central Maine Fourth of July Celebration in Clinton.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Maine eyes rule change to make it easier to grow food in urban areas
Lawmakers consider greenlighting more low-cost hoop houses to cultivate food.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
From ‘Bad Vegan’ to mass restaurant closures – inside Matthew Kenney’s crumbling raw food empire
The Maine native has a knack for opening restaurants that make a splash and then quietly close not too long after with a pile of unpaid bills.
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Farm to table: Bethel woman driven by passion to get local products to customers
Meryl Kelly logs about 150 miles a week taking orders, picking them up at farms and delivering to restaurants and customers in western Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
DaVinci’s Eatery says a complaint of a cockroach in the kitchen prompted temporary closing
Popular restaurant in Lewiston says it hopes to reopen ‘within the week.’