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Business, Maine

Efficiency Maine may add electric bikes to its rebate program

by Steve Collins February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

Boosters say more e-bikes will help Maine meet climate action goals and help Mainers get around.

Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News

Pet supply retailer will close Lewiston store

by Hannah LaClaire February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

Loyal Companion, which has 8 stores in Maine and over 50 stores nationwide, said it will shutter most of its locations by the end of the month as the parent company faces bankruptcy.

Business, Maine, News

Heat pumps boom in Maine, despite frigid cold and oil industry pushback

by Anna Phillips The Washington Post February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

In Maine, exorbitant oil and gas prices have motivated people to switch to heat pumps, prompting the fossil fuel industry to step up its efforts to beat back the trend.

Business, Franklin, News, The Franklin Journal

Bouffard’s Furniture & Carpet in Farmington closing

by Donna M. Perry February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

Owner Jim Bouffard of Jay to retire after more than 50 years in business.

Business, Noteworthy

Northern Light Health presents award to Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine

February 7, 2023February 17, 2023

AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine was the recipient of Northern Light Health’s True North Community Partner Award for the food bank’s work addressing food insecurity. The award recognizes a person or organization in the community that has helped Northern Light Health deliver on its goal of enhancing community health. In 2022, the […]

Business, Noteworthy

Trevor Savage joins Gideon Asen law firm

February 7, 2023February 13, 2023

AUBURN — Attorney Trevor Savage has joined the law firm of Gideon Asen LLC. Savage is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law. After law school, he clerked on the Maine Law Court, and worked for a litigation-focused law firm based in Portland.Gideon Asen is based in Auburn and has offices in […]