The owners of the Portland charmer say they are busier than ever, but want more family time.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Life & Culture
Peach season is here, and chefs are finding ways to use the fruit, ripe or unripe – even its leaves
Peaches should be ready for picking sometime this week, and restaurants, bakers and brewers are ready.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Cruise passengers like Maine and spend about $70 each, new survey shows
The first-time, state-funded survey took the pulse of Maine’s growing number of cruise passengers.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: New cider bars, second locations, summer feasts and root beer floats
If none of that sounds appealing, how about a bite of Spam Pumpkin Spice?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Maine companies are the best equipped to serve Maine residents
Keep local money in the local economy – don’t encourage policies that funnel it to Chinese, Spanish or New York corporations.
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Maine’s wild blueberry harvest drops, and the prices paid to farmers increase
Last year’s harvest was the smallest in 14 years at 50.3 million pounds, but the price paid to farmers – 46 cents a pound – nearly doubled over the 2017 price.
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Hussey Seating buys warehouse as part of $8.2 million expansion
The company had been renting space in the 45,000-square-foot building in Sanford and decides to purchase it as part of a multiyear project to upgrade its manufacturing capabilities.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Primo celebrates 20 years with golden tickets
Melissa Kelly, chef/owner of Primo in Rockland, marks 2 decades with Willy Wonka-style chocolate bars – 5 of which hold a secret prize.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State
Maine still waiting for internet health care revolution
Poor broadband and out-of-step Medicare policies relegate the state’s use of telehealth to small niches when it should be in the mainstream.
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Gelato Fiasco switches to paper packaging to reduce plastic waste
The Maine-based gelato maker says the switch to paper should keep 3 million plastic containers out of the waste stream annually.