The certification means the company meets a Food Safety Management Standard that applies to all products produced at the paper mill after its rebuild of its Paper Machine 1.
Maine business
Five Questions: A look back at influences
Owners and executives at five business reflect on who or what influenced them to be in business.
Five Questions: Wicked Whoopies owner Amy Bouchard
The president and founder of the business talks about being ready for luck.
Five Questions: Seamstress Brenda Pinkham
The owner of Cozy Cottage Alterations in Augusta talks about building a business from a passion.
Fishermen hope Mainers get hooked on ugly – but delicious – monkfish
The underappreciated species is highlighted in a food demonstration next month, part of a series to interest local seafood lovers in Maine’s diverse catch.
Side Gig: Notary Public
Cynthia Bonang, now retired, talks about how she developed her mobile notary public service as a side gig.
Judge temporarily blocks Maine’s new à la carte cable TV law
The preliminary injunction means towns and cities can’t enforce a new law requiring cable companies to offer pricing for individual channels.
Eat & Run: It’s bye-bye bakery, hello hummus at Monument Square lunch spot
Just in time for your New Year’s resolution, Nura adds healthful vegetarian options to downtown Portland.
New hemp rules would raise fees, change calculations for THC thresholds
The state’s proposal would double the per-acre cost for farmers and change the way the psychoactive element of hemp is measured.
VA submits plan to build community clinic on West Commercial Street in Portland
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs proposes a 62,000-square-foot clinic and an adjacent 382-space covered parking garage at the site of an abandoned rail spur west of the Casco Bay Bridge.