Fish Tails Pet Emporium is cashing in on a nationwide trend: For a small fee on the week around Valentine’s Day, customers can name a cockroach after an ex-partner and feed it to the store’s 30-inch Savannah monitor lizard, Brutus.
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Maine businesses form group to lobby for statewide ban on flavored tobacco
The coalition – called Tobacco Free Maine Works – is an offshoot of the Flavors Hook Kids Maine lobbying effort to ban flavored tobacco products.
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Biden, Yellen warn of ‘catastrophe’ if debt limit not raised
The Treasury Secretary said auto loans, mortgage and credit card payments will rise if the nation defaults.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Pine tree would replace chickadee on new Maine license plate design
A legislative committee will consider a proposal to replace the state bird with the image of a conifer and star on the state flag from 1901-09.
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Biden names Fed vice chair to head economic council
Lael Brainard was deputy director for the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration and under secretary for international affairs at Treasury during the Obama years.
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As Johnny’s Selected Seeds marks its 50th year, company looks to expand its reach
David Mehlhorn, the CEO of the Winslow-based company, said he hopes to position it to be a “one-stop shop” for mid-sized farmers and home gardeners across the U.S.
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U.S. inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures reemerge
High costs keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate further and to keep it there through year’s end.
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Farmington Planning Board hears details about hotel proposed on Wilton Road
The Best Western Plus hotel would sit back from Wilton Road, with the access road located between Silver Shear and HealthQuest Chiropractic.
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Breeze Airways to fly from Portland to Charleston and Tampa
In addition to the year-round service, the budget airline also will have summer flights connecting Portland with Norfolk, Virginia, and Pittsburgh.
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Twitter’s plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry
Starting Monday, a crucial Twitter tool used by software developers to comb the platform for calls for help from earthquake victims, may be accessible only by paying a $100 monthly fee.