Business
Market Basket in Biddeford starts hiring 300 workers
By Dina Mendros, Journal Tribune on May 18, 2013, at 2:52 p.m.
BIDDEFORD, Maine — City officials and potential customers alike say they’re excited about the new Market Basket supermarket slated to open this summer in Biddeford. The store will be located at The Shops at Biddeford Crossing on Route 111 and area residents at the shopping center Friday said they’re looking ...
CONSUMER FORUM
Don’t take the bait: Avoid phishing scams
By Russ Van Arsdale, Executive Director, Northeast CONTACT on May 18, 2013, at 1 p.m.
There’s a kind of social engineering designed to part consumers from their hard-earned money. It’s called phishing, and it’s become one of the most common scams. It was the fourth most common scam reported to the National Consumers League fraud center last year, and — when lumped in with all ...
POLL QUESTION
Rockland couple begins 30th year of sailing passengers around Penobscot Bay on schooner Heritage
ROCKLAND, Maine — This week, Captains Doug and Linda Lee and their crew were putting a fresh coat of red, white and blue paint on their schooner Heritage, an annual task for the past 30 years. “This is the crunch time, when we worry whether we can get it all ...
Homesales on the upswing on the midcoast
Kim Latour of Legacy Property Sotheby’s International Reality’s Brunswick office shows a house on Back Narrows Road in in Boothbay on Thursday. Latour said she has seen an upswing in home sales of late, with some selling within hours of going on the market.
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Aggressive out-of-town buyers swarm midcoast real estate market
BOOTHBAY, Maine — Kathleen Younger saw a charming house online for sale in East Boothbay. Soon after, the artist traveled from her home in lower Manhattan to see it. As she walked through the two-bedroom home with sunlight streaming in through large picture windows, Younger was pleased. “It’s lovely,” she ...
With legal fight far from over, embattled Blue Hill raw milk producer will file for bankruptcy
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Dan Brown, the poster child for local food rules in Maine, said he will have to file for bankruptcy if the judge who barred him from selling raw milk and other food doesn’t reverse her decision. The state took Brown to court in 2011 for selling unlabeled ...
Maine jobless rate reaches four-year low
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in April, falling below 7 percent for the first time since December 2008, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by the Maine Department of Labor. April’s unemployment rate represents a decrease from 7.1 percent in March and 7.3 percent in April ...
UMaine law school grads to help fill the state’s growing need for lawyers
PORTLAND, Maine — Taylor Kilgore decided she could better advocate for the clients she worked with as an adult mental health case manager if she had a law degree. Allison Ouellet had never stepped foot in a courtroom until she went to law school while her classmate, Jessica Currier, grew ...
From the community
Lindsey Eaton joins Allen Insurance and Financial
CAMDEN, Maine — Lindsey Eaton of Hope has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a scanning associate in the company’s Camden office. A Camden native and graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, Lindsey is new to the insurance industry and is studying for her Maine property & casualty license ...
FOODIE FILES
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux
Rich date bread and buttery scones, covered in clotted cream and lemon curd. Tiny, adorable sandwiches, made with cucumber and mascarpone cheese, house-cured salmon with creme fraiche, and truffled egg salad and finely diced chives. Miniscule strawberry shortcakes, little chocolate wafers with butterscotch pudding, and a two-bite salted caramel and ...
WHIT RICHARDSON (blog)
Travel mag calls Portland one of the best beer cities in the U.S.
on May 17, 2013, at 1 p.m.
Travel + Leisure ranked Portland, Maine, #3 on its list of the “America’s Best Beer Cities.” The real Portland was beat out only by Denver and that other city on the other coast that borrowed our name. Travel + Leisure cited Portland’s “idyllic” nature and long history in the microbrewing ...
From the community
NMDC offering free entrepreneurial training
CARIBOU, Maine — Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC) is offering just starting out entrepreneurs in Aroostook and Washington counties free tuition in the Top Gun Prep course from the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, but the deadline for submitting an application is rapidly approaching. Top Gun Prep is a series ...
Irving delivers first truckload of compressed natural gas to McCain Foods
EASTON, Maine — Another company is beginning to offer compressed natural gas to commercial and industrial customers in northern Maine. Irving Oil last Friday delivered its first truckload of compressed natural gas, or CNG, to McCain Foods’ processing facility in Easton. Delivering compressed natural gas by truck is “at the ...
Wall Street slips after Fed comments, but Cisco surges
By Leah Schnurr, Reuters on May 16, 2013, at 6:33 p.m.
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with the downturn accelerating late in the day after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank could begin easing up on its monetary stimulus this summer. The three major U.S. stock indexes had earlier traded in a tight range, supported by ...
From the community
Penny Lamhut, MD, joins PCHC’s Community Care & Geriatrics
Bangor Daily News on May 16, 2013, at 5:38 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Penny Lamhut, MD, has joined the medical staff of PCHC’s Community Care and Geriatrics whose multi provider team serves patients in area nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, or for in-home visits. Dr. Lamhut’s practice centers on all aspects ...
WOMEN@WORK
Serve it up: Making the most of customer service
on May 16, 2013, at 5:18 p.m.
When was the last time you got really great customer service? When I moved to Aroostook County, I had a boiler installed by Daigle Oil Company. The company’s service didn’t stop there: The next week I received a handwritten note from the manager thanking me for choosing their business. A ...
From the community
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital hires new CFO
ELLSWORTH, Maine —Maine Coast Memorial Hospital has hired Chris Frauenhofer as chief financial officer. Frauenhofer will arrive at the hospital at the end of May. “Chris brings a proven track record of enhancing financial performance, volume growth and organizational efficiency with a strong focus on building collaborative teams,” said Charlie ...
Ellsworth doctor warned over man’s failed laser hair removal
ELLSWORTH, Maine — An Ellsworth doctor has been warned by a state medical licensing board after a patient complained about his failed laser hair removal. Stephen Nightingale of Coastal Skin Center also was placed on probation for one year, according to a Thursday press release from the Maine Board of ...
Washington County tidal generation project featured on Popular Science cover
EASTPORT, Maine — A first-generation, Maine-built tidal energy turbine is a cover girl, adorning the front of Popular Science magazine’s June 2013 issue, which hit newsstands this week. For years, Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been engineering, fabricating and testing underwater tidal generation technology in waters off the Washington ...
Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center proposal
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps necessary to rezone more than 450 acres owned by Scarborough Downs, passed along after a 6-0 Town Council vote ...
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
Authorities ask for volunteers in search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
Company seeks $200,000 for retrieving lost lobster boat
Scandals, real and imagined
IRS targeting
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
Gomes’ sacrifice fly in 10th lifts Red Sox past Twins
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
Market Basket in Biddeford starts hiring 300 workers
