The city will sell the former church to a developer who plans to renovate it into 20 market-rate apartments.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Bath Iron Works, Mississippi shipyard can’t produce destroyers fast enough, Navy says
Congress approved 3 destroyers for the current fiscal year, but Pentagon officials say the shipyards can’t build that many and wants to buy only 2 next year.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Coffee By Design to close Freeport location
The coffee shop is inside L.L. Bean’s flagship store, where renovations are planned.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Surging oil prices could again frustrate inflation fight
Saudi Arabia and other leading oil producers will slash output by more than 1 million barrels a day starting in May.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Environmental groups withdraw lawsuit over last Maine salmon
The conservation groups say they can still shut down dams on the Kennebec River by focusing on upcoming federal relicensing applications by Brookfield Renewable.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Bates College withdraws union case from labor board
LEWISTON — Bates College formally withdrew its request Monday for the National Labor Relations Board to review the issue of whether all of its union-eligible employees can be in the same union. The college said the issue is moot now because its workers voted against joining a union. The NLRB, a federal agency in the […]
Posted inBusiness, News, River Valley
Mountain Valley Variety in Rumford changes owners
Rick Breau, who has owned the 438 Hancock St. business for nearly 20 years, is retiring.
Posted inAuto Racing, Business, Maine, News, Sports
South Portland truck leasing business acquired by Penske Corp.
Kris-Way, which employs 150 people in Maine, is being purchased by one of the world’s largest transportation services companies.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine dollar stores fined tens of thousands of dollars for safety violations since 2017
Seven Maine locations have been cited as part of a national crackdown by regulators on the stores’ practices.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Norway native opens New England’s largest candy store in Wiscasset
Sweetz & More boasts more than 7,500 products across 8,100 square feet in the former Big Al’s Super Values building.