With the building at 280 Water St. closed for about the next 18 months, Johnson Hall’s Waterfront Concert Series is to be held this summer and in 2022-23 at other venues in Gardiner.
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Healing Tides Acupuncture to switch locations
Construction is in full swing for new office space at 449 Main Street in Norway.
Maine’s Idexx Labs keeping Moscow office open despite Ukraine invasion
The $3.2 billion Westbrook based-company has veterinary office customers and a water testing distributor in Russia and isn’t answering questions about its business in the country.
A new market provides hope for Maine’s organic dairy farmers
Organic Valley farmers cooperative offers more than a dozen Maine organic dairy farmers a new market for their milk after their current contracts with Horizon Organic end.
Family Dollar closes 400 stores, recalls products after FDA finds decaying dead rodents in warehouse
Stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee cited by feds.
Planning Board accepts one marijuana store application, rejects another in Livermore Falls
Kris Coburn’s submission for Natural Thumb was rejected due to parking and safety concerns.
Former St. Joseph’s Church might get a second life—as a brewpub
Democracy Brewing, an employee-owned brewery and restaurant in Boston, has an option agreement to purchase the historic church on Main Street.
Six years after it was revived, Whiting Farm in Auburn has closed
A shortage of workers along with persistent funding concerns prompted John F. Murphy Homes, which has been running the farm, to close up shop.
Developers pushing forward with $113.5 million plan to reopen ski resort overlooking Moosehead Lake
Rangeley-based Big Lake Development LLC is among the groups moving to relaunch ski operations on Big Moose Mountain as part of a project that backers say would generate hundreds of jobs.
Five Guys restaurant opening in Auburn this summer
Center Street will be the popular burger restaurant’s seventh Maine location.