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Bill Nemitz: L.L. Bean’s old policy on returns gets the boot

How have the good people who staff L.L. Bean’s returns counter managed to keep their sanity, not to mention their smiles?

The Freeport retailer says sales have been up and down as it prepares to offer early retirements to trim U.S. workforce by 10 percent.

by CAROL COULTAS Business editor August 17, 2017August 18, 2017

The outdoor gear retailer is expanding its boot production capacity by one-third as a new molding machine goes online.

by Staff Report June 8, 2017June 9, 2017

A police dispatch center receives a call indicating the possibility of a bomb, but three K-9 units find nothing suspicious during a 90-minute search.

Source goes looking for answers about ‘garden thrones’ from inexpensive plastic to custom wood.

She shows Maine schoolkids how to weave twigs into works of art.

by The Associated Press May 20, 2017May 20, 2017

The Japanese Bootmobile is slightly smaller and built on the chassis of a Toyota Hilux.

Its valuable brand comes under fire from a national group that’s unhappy with board member Linda Bean’s financial support for Donald Trump.