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A team from the University of California-Davis spent time studying Portland's India Street neighborhood in December 2013.

Plan for Portland neighborhood includes historic district protection, new building codes

PORTLAND, Maine — Combine five working groups, five goals, six vision statements, 13 principles and 14 critical actions, and the sum is the draft for …
Discount chain Dollar Tree Inc. will buy rival Family Dollar Stores Inc. for about $8.5 billion, in a surprise deal that will help it fend off increasing competition from big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Dollar Tree to buy Family Dollar for $8.5 billion, create country’s largest discount retailer

Discount chain Dollar Tree Inc. will buy rival Family Dollar Stores Inc. for about $8.5 billion, in a surprise deal that will help it fend …
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Basket case in Biddeford

Pulling into the Market Basket in Biddeford yesterday we found a parking spot right next to the entrance. Odd for a Sunday. Greeting us outside …
The Sea Dog Brewing Company is shown in the Bowdoin Mill in Topsham.

Sea Dog Brewing to open first New Hampshire location

PORTLAND, Maine — Sea Dog Brewing Co. plans to open its first New Hampshire location in North Conway this fall, expanding its northern New England …
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Cate Street CEO’s wife to be questioned about assets she may be holding for him

PORTLAND, Maine — Lawyers seeking to collect about $2.4 million from Cate Street Capital CEO John Halle will be allowed to question Halle’s wife, Sharon, …
Excavators work recently to prepare the building site where Helen's Restaurant used to stand.

Helen’s Restaurant gets permit to rebuild

MACHIAS, Maine — The Machias Planning Board quickly approved a permit Monday night to allow the owners of Helen’s Restaurant to rebuild after a fire …
A potato truck sits in a field in Littleton last year.

Maine Potato Board says crop looking healthy

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Officials with the Maine Potato Board said Monday that weeks of heat and sunshine in July have done wonders for this …
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There once was a beer from the country...Limerick, Maine offers Gneiss beer

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Just how low are wages in Maine? (w/ one update)

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WSJ: Portland Westin projects $1.2 million revenue from bar this year, doubling pre-renovation amount

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KahBang and the importance of community

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    Ben Sprague, chairman of the Bangor City Council, said, “You need to help building the supply side by helping the farmers with logistics and getting their goods to market and working on the demand side so there is the demand for local food all over the state.”

    Maine Food Strategy looking to connect state’s producers with consumers

    Invasive European green crabs have been wreaking havoc on the shellfish industry in Maine.

    Invasive green crabs creep back into Casco Bay

    Staffers from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree's office get a sneak-peek tour of the Nova Star cruise ship in Portland in this May 2014 file photo.

    Portland-Nova Scotia ferry service draws early on provincial loan to stay afloat

    The Spirit of Massachusetts, the Harvey Gamage and the Westward are three boats that are owned by the Ocean Classroom Foundation. The organization's financial situation is so dire that it will not be able to operate after August.

    Financially strapped Maine-based Ocean Classroom Foundation to close

    Craig Stuart-Paul, chief executive of Maryland-based Fiberight, speaks at the Municipal Review Committee board meeting at the Orono town office Wednesday.

    Trashanol: Vendor pitches garbage-to-energy technology to board representing 187 Maine towns

    Judge lifts 56-year-old consent decree on lobster fishing group

    PORTLAND, Maine — In a ruling that was expected, a …
    A police officer looks on near the site of the train wreckage in Lac Megantic, July 9, 2013. The crude oil freight train that derailed and blew up in the small town of Lac-Megantic early on Saturday morning, July 6, 2013, was traveling far too fast when it went off the rails, investigators told reporters.

    Maine delegates laud proposed steps to prevent Lac-Megantic-level railway disaster in US

    Father William Dingwall, a Trappist Monk, monitors the brewing of Trappist Ale at Saint Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts on July 22, 2014.

    Monks tap brewing tradition to support aging members

    Portland Mayor Michael Brennan

    Portland mayor proposes $10.68 citywide minimum wage by 2017

    Downeast LNG proposes expanded project, submits request to energy regulators

    ROBBINSTON, Maine — Downeast LNG has submitted a pre-filing request …
    Turbines on Heifer Hill that are part of the Bull Hill Wind Project put up by First Wind in Township 16, seen here February 2013.

    After legal challenge, Maine utility regulators again OK $333 million partnership between Emera, First Wind

    The Penobscot River House in Old Town.

    Old Town’s Penobscot River House now under Volunteers of America management

    Vehicles leave the Katahdin Avenue industrial park in Millinocket after an auction of papermaking equipment on Thursday, June 19, 2014.

    Great Northern Paper auctioneer makes partial tax payment but still behind schedule

    Land from failed Damariscotta business and residential development to be auctioned

    DAMARISCOTTA, Maine — The Damariscotta properties where a group of …

    Athens biomass plant to get $30 million investment

    ATHENS, Maine — In a deal that would trigger about …
    Jennifer Geiger, former director and longtime board member of the downtown organization Main Street Bath, is seen in a 2012 file photo from The Forecaster.

    Head of Bath downtown organization steps down to take state tourism job

    Employees work at a production line prior to a seizure conducted by officers from the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, at the Husi Food factory in Shanghai, July 20, 2014. A watchdog closed Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a local unit of OSI, and seized meat products suspected of being beyond their expiration date, according to a statement on Monday from the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration.

    KFC, McDonald’s apologize for use of expired meat as new China food scandal brews

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