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Laura Pomerleau, right, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, talks Feb. 25 with Cindy Bourgoine, manager of A.E. Robinson Convenience Store in Corinna. Pomerleau delivered an order of 146 cookies, shown on the countertop. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Baking cookies from a kitchen in Harmony turns into full-time business
Laura Pomerleau started selling her cooking from a trail-side stand outside her home; now she also delivers them to various convenience stores in central Maine.
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Laura Pomerleau, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, measures sugar before mixing cookie dough Feb. 26 at her home in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, adds baking soda while mixing cookie dough Feb. 26 at her home in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, assembles ingredients before mixing cookie dough Feb. 26 at her home in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)Laura Pomerleau dries her hands after washing a mixing bowl used to make dough Feb. 26 at her home in Harmony. The owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine runs a roadside stand and supplies area stores. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageChocolate chips, marshmallows, Hershey bars and graham crackers are ready to be wrapped in chocolate chip cookie dough Feb. 26 to make Chocolate Chip Stuffed S’mores cookies at The Cookie Jar of Maine in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau places unbaked stuffed cookies next to packaged ones on the counter of her home kitchen Feb. 26 in Harmony. She developed the recipes for her oversized stuffed cookies she sells through her business, The Cookie Jar of Maine. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau carries cookie orders to her SUV before making deliveries to Corinna, Dexter and Brownville Feb. 25. Pomerleau operates The Cookie Jar of Maine at her home in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, deliveries cookies to the A.E. Robinson Convenience Store in Corinna Wednesday February 25, 2026. Pomerleau operates the business from her home in Harmony, Maine. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau looks over cookie orders before making deliveries Feb. 25 to Corinna, Dexter and Brownville. Pomerleau, who has built the The Cookie Jar of Maine from a trailside stand, works out of her home in Harmony. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageLaura Pomerleau, right, owner of The Cookie Jar of Maine, talks Feb. 25 with Cindy Bourgoine, manager of A.E. Robinson Convenience Store in Corinna. Pomerleau delivered an order of 146 cookies, shown on the countertop. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...
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