The company, which was bought by AdvancePierre Foods last year, has laid off 232 employees since June.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inNews
Overheated bathroom fan burns Gorham building
GORHAM — An electrical fire that was started by a bathroom fan Thursday night burned through the upper floors of the building that’s home to the Gorham House of Pizza, shutting down the popular restaurant and drawing a state investigator to the town that has been hit by six suspicious fires since late March.
advertisement
Posted inNews
Electrical fire shuts down Gorham House of Pizza
GORHAM — An electrical fire that was started by a bathroom fan Thursday night burned through the upper floors of the building that’s home to the Gorham House of Pizza, shutting down the popular restaurant and drawing a state investigator to the town that has been hit by six suspicious fires since late March.
Posted inNews
Portland Flea-For-All opens to hundreds
PORTLAND — Where can you find a vintage suitcase, an acoustic guitar and a painting of a parrot, all in the same square foot?
Posted inNews
Eighth-grader takes bag issue to council
WINDHAM — Shoppers at supermarkets and big-box stores in town take home at least 9,550 plastic bags per day.
Posted inNews
Windham eighth-grader takes bag issue to council
WINDHAM — Shoppers at supermarkets and big-box stores in town take home at least 9,550 plastic bags per day.
Posted inNews
Portland Flea-For-All opens doors to hundreds on first day
PORTLAND — Where can you find a vintage suitcase, an acoustic guitar and a painting of a parrot, all in the same square foot?
Posted inNews
Ferry service for UNE students starts
SACO — A ferry service for commuters who go to the University of New England has begun a trial run.
Posted inNews
UNE testing Saco River commuter ferry
The service from Camp Ellis to the UNE’s Biddeford campus will be offered for the next three weeks at no cost to gauge interest.
Posted inNews
Violette gets 42 months
PORTLAND — The former head of the Maine Turnpike Authority was sentenced Friday to 3 years in prison for misusing as much as $230,000 in agency funds, concluding what prosecutors have called one of the most egregious cases of public corruption in the state’s history.