While visitors from other U.S. states have kept the seaside community busy this summer, many miss the French-Canadian influx and wonder when, or if, they will come back.
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Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar
The shortage is having an impact on law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters.
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Central Maine business briefs: promotions at Kennebec Savings Bank, Maine State Credit Union
People & Places: Maine educator appointed head of UMF Early College Program.
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Skydiving company takes off in first months at Waterville airport
Vacationland Skydiving is now taking people 10,000 feet above the Robert LaFleur Airport after a delayed opening during the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Making whoopie pies is a growing business in South Portland
Cape Whoopies are now on shelves in Wegmans Food Markets in Massachusetts, and soon could be in all 106 of the high-end supermarkets across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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Workers’ pay rises strongly as businesses fight to fill jobs
In the year ending in June, wages and salaries jumped 3.5% for workers in the private sector, the largest increase in more than 14 years.
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Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban
More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, as soon as Monday.
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Walmart mandates vaccines for workers at its headquarters
The nation’s largest retailer is also requiring that all of its workers in locales with high infection rates wear masks.
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Inflation stalls Maine infrastructure projects including new ferry for Peaks Island
The agency that runs Casco Bay ferries spent 5 years putting together $15 million in funding to replace its 30-year-old Machigonne II. The sole bid for the new boat came in at more than $22 million.
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Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86
He was known to generations of viewers for hawking products such as the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman and Mr. Microphone.