Melissa Kelly, chef/owner of Primo in Rockland, marks 2 decades with Willy Wonka-style chocolate bars – 5 of which hold a secret prize.
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Maine still waiting for internet health care revolution
Poor broadband and out-of-step Medicare policies relegate Maine’s use of telehealth to small niches when it should be in the mainstream.
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Gelato Fiasco switches to paper packaging to reduce plastic waste
The Maine-based gelato maker says the switch to paper should keep 3 million plastic containers out of the waste stream annually.
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Maine labor department gets nearly $1 million grant
The federal money will be used to update its workforce data systems.
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PBR Hard Coffee creating a buzz in Maine test market
‘It is kind of like a Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee, with alcohol,’ said one liquor store manager. Maine is one of 5 states the brewery chose to test its new concoction.
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Maine home sales down, prices up in June
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine fell by 7 percent in June from a year earlier, but the median sale price of homes increased by 5 percent.
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Condos selling briskly, hotel construction set to start, at former site of Portland lumber yard
Hobson’s Landing, which will replace Rufus Deering Lumber Co. on Commercial Street, already had 35 condos sold as the final girder was lowered into place Wednesday.
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Developer buys Lewiston gateway block for $6.4 million
Investor Matt Hancock bought the property and sees additional development potential for retail, office or residential uses.
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Lawsuit claims lobster company took advantage of man’s dementia
William Atwood sold his lobster business eight years ago to Maine Lobster and Processing, but a newer, amended lease precludes him from doing any lobster-related business in a separate property.
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State rejects group’s petition to change aquaculture lease process
But there is still no word on a timeline for the decision on a controversial 40-acre lease in Brunswick’s Maquoit Bay.