Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are gaining popularity as the state’s housing crunch and pandemic-related influx continues.
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Two Brunswick-based businesses win cash prize from Greenlight Maine
STARC Systems won $10,000 for coming in second place, and bluShift Aerospace was awarded $5,000 for third. Bixby Chocolate, a Rockland-based company, took first place and the $25,000 top prize.
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Lisbon aquaponics farm expansion could pump out 20 million heads of lettuce per year
The facility expansion could increase production by 20 times.
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From the Chamber: Keeping employees onboard isn’t about wages alone
One of the hardest things for a business owner to do is be proactive. To even begin to think about being proactive, one would need to be at least caught up and not stretched thin by their required multitasking and covering day-to-day operations when short-staffed. With school ending and vacations beginning, businesses presumably will get […]
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Vouchers available for Bath Housing employees for farmers markets
Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets has announced its partnership with Bath Housing through the federation’s Bumper Crop program. The program is meant to support local farms and farmers’ markets as well as those in the workforce who want access to healthy local food options. Through Bumper Crop, Maine employers can give employees vouchers to redeem […]
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Offices after COVID: Wider hallways, fewer desks
The coronavirus already changed the way we work. Now it’s changing the physical space, too. Many companies are making adjustments to their offices to help employees feel safer as they return to in-person work, like improving air circulation systems or moving desks further apart. Others are ditching desks and building more conference rooms to accommodate […]
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Topsham’s Shannon Webber promoted to branch manager at Auburn office
Farm Credit East recently announced the promotion of Shannon Webber as branch manager of its Auburn office. A native of Topsham, Webber’s family owns and operates a more than 75-acre vegetable and fruit farm in Topsham and Bowdoinham. She began working for Farm Credit as a loan officer in 2005 and has managed a growing […]
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Georgetown Working League looks to rebound
Its new Thrift and Gifts Shop is aimed at replenishing reserve funds it used during the pandemic to provide college scholarships and make other donations in town.
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Hannaford recalls frozen shrimp from its supermarkets
Following a nationwide recall on Friday, the grocery store chain issued its own recall of the product, which could be contaminated with salmonella.
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Brunswick aerospace company signs first major deal with Virginia-based firm
STEM company MaxIQ has signed with bluShift Aerospace to send into space as many as 60 academic experiments.