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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
New contract could bring business, stability to Bath shipyard, Rep. Jared Golden says
Rep. Jared Golden said Bath Iron Works likely will build about half of the 15 warships secured in a new multi-year shipbuilding contract.
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Wall Street pushes broadly higher after two days of losses
The online brokerage Robinhood makes an underwhelming debut on the Nasdaq, closing at $34.82, or 8.4% below its offering price.
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Wex shelves plans for Scarborough office, citing trend toward remote work
The Portland-based company had planned to expand into a new $50 million building at the site of the former Scarborough Downs.
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Bowdoinham group works to boost interest in farm matchmaking website
The website is part of a larger Farmland Inventory Project aimed at connecting landowners with aspiring farmers.