Oil prices remain depressed, and nearly 20 percent of homes in the Northeast rely on oil furnaces for their primary heating source.
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Hallowell’s Boynton’s Market closes after 84 years, reemerges as Ciccarelli’s Market, Deli & Gelato
Don and Ruth LaChance have sold the store at 153 Water St. to Michelangelo and Elizabeth Ciccarelli of Farmingdale. Under the new ownership, the store is now Ciccarelli’s Market, Deli & Gelato.
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Posted inBusiness
Kitchenware sales sizzle during pandemic
Stuck at home, cooks are snatching up basics like mixing bowls, pizza stones and kitchen knives, and treating themselves to upgrades.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Pandemic transforms holiday shopping season that once embraced crowds, chaos
Retailers are stretching out the season to discourage congestion and minimize their risk of spreading the coronavirus.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England, News, Politics
Maine meteorologists exchange bogus accusations in funny ‘attack ads’
The spots spark a faux feud among News Center Maine (WCSH/WLBZ) forecasters Keith Carson and Todd Gutner.
Posted inbPlus, Business
Detail oriented pros always find a way to get your car clean
Grime. Mold. Hair. Toenails. Maine pros talk about the art and expertise of rehabbing dirty cars.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lone Pine, Allagash take home top prizes at national beer festival
The Maine breweries win gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine fabrics manufacturer accuses Belarus of ‘dumping’ in U.S. market
The head of Auburn Manufacturing Inc. says her prices are being undercut by the European country’s cheaper products.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Pandemic hammers small businesses vital to economic recovery
The coronavirus pandemic has hammered small businesses across the United States — an alarming trend for an economy that’s trying to rebound from the deepest, fastest recession in U.S. history
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
CMCC appoints four nursing, life science instructors
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College Interim President Betsy Libby has announced the following faculty appointments: • Jennifer Bilodeau, early childhood education and education instructor. Bilodeau has experience as a special education teacher at Turner Primary School and as a special services coordinator at the Promise Early Education Center. An Auburn native who now resides […]