2020
New owners eye Campobello store
The expected closure of Campobello's main grocery store may not happen after all.
Business & Development
2020
Retailers prepare for ban on plastic bags
As of April 22 of this year single-use plastic bags will no longer be used in Maine by retail establishments for check-out, for produce and a few other applications.
2019
Blacks Harbour prepares for probable sale of Connors Bros.
Blacks Harbour's Mayor Terry James hopes for the best as new owners appear likely to take over North America's last remaining sardine cannery. "There's no panic, but there is an underlying concern..."
2019
Carbon credits sold from forestland in Washington County
Baskahegan Company, a Forest Stewardship Council certified forest, has announced the sale of carbon offset credits from the Bluesource-Baskahegan Improved Forest Management Project in Brookton. In 2018 the project generated nearly 700,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emission reductions.
2019
Plan outlines options to expand airport for economic initiatives
Eastport resident Ron DeFilippo's early love of all things aviation didn't lead to a career path, but now that he's retired and has time and energy on his hands he's returned to that early interest with a proposal for the Eastport City Council...
2019
Building to become entrepreneurship center in Machias
A long‑vacant storefront in the Machias downtown, the former Nash building, is on the path to becoming the Machias Valley Center for Entrepreneurship.
2019
Tribe’s blueberry company awarded $1.76 million in lawsuit
The Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company (PWBC) has been awarded over $1.76 million in a lawsuit against Cherryfield Foods Inc. and its parent company, Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd., following a jury trial by the Maine Business and Consumer Court in Portland.