This has been a secret we’ve been keeping under our hat for about three months, until the announcement Aug. 9. Our Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber is partnering with Spectrum Generations (Meals on Wheels) and All Saints Parish on the inaugural Midcoast Tree Festival! We will be holding the event at St. John’s Community Center (43 […]
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Home Depot cuts outlook citing tariffs, lumber prices
Home Depot cut its sales expectations for the year as lumber prices slid and the company braces for the potential impact of tariffs on its customers. The Trump administration delayed most of the tariffs it planned to impose on Chinese goods last week and dropped others altogether, responding to pressure from businesses and growing fears […]
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Times Record Business Breakfast Forum: Innovations in Retail
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Maine Technology Institute in Brunswick for a free panel discussion about innovations in retail.
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Irish pub in Portland reopens weeks after fire
Ri Ra Irish Pub and Restaurant in Portland is reopening Friday, weeks after it was damaged by fire. The popular waterfront pub was forced to close July 21 after a fire that started in the hood vent at the adjacent restaurant, Flatbread Co. The fire was contained in the hood and on the roof but caused some structural, […]
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Health insurers Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts agree to merge
BOSTON — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, two of the region’s largest insurers, announced Wednesday they had reached a definitive agreement to form a single company that would serve nearly 2.4 million subscribers in New England. In a joint statement, the insurers said the merger would create one of the largest nonprofit […]
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L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1 million to Mercy Hospital
L.L. Bean founder Leon L. Bean’s grandson James Gorman and his wife, Maureen Gorman, have donated $1 million to Northern Light Mercy Hospital’s $20 million capital campaign for the closure and relocation of its downtown Portland hospital to a medical campus on Fore River Parkway. “As longtime residents of southern Maine, we know Mercy serves […]
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Three Robbers Pub drawing new faces to Bowdoinham
BOWDOINHAM — Bowdoinham has a new pub to replace its only restaurant, which shuttered last year. Its name, Three Robbers Pub, pays homage to the town’s history. It comes with the story of how three masked men robbed Bowdoinham’s bank one night back in 1866. The thieves crept into the home of the bank’s cashier […]
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Scarborough Downs’ final lap? Hold your horses
SCARBOROUGH — Since it opened in 1950, Scarborough Downs has been the flagship of the state’s horse racing industry, once referred to as “Maine’s Showplace of Harness Racing.” But when it was sold in January 2018 to a local group of developers, it seemed to mark the final chapter for a faltering racetrack that had the look […]
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Business briefs: Gifford’s drafted to serve as official ice cream of Patriots; Maine unemployment remains low, hasn’t exceeded 4% in years; Maine Outdoor Brands hires full-time director
Gifford’s drafted to serve as official ice cream of Patriots SKOWEHGAN, Maine (AP) — A Maine company has been named the official ice cream of the New England Patriots. Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream said it’ll be producing a special flavor for the six-time world champs that’ll be sold at Gillette Stadium and elsewhere around the […]
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Pop up ‘parklet’ comes to Bath
A partnership between merchants and businesses on upper Front Street in Bath is transforming parking spots into mini-parks during this summer’s Art Walk series. The Upper Front Street parklet will pop up in a different parking space each Art Walk, offering attendees the ability to rest on a bench, paint a picture, play a lawn […]
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