If none of that sounds appealing, how about a bite of Spam Pumpkin Spice?
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Maine’s wild blueberry harvest drops, and the prices paid to farmers increase
Last year’s harvest was the smallest in 14 years at 50.3 million pounds, but the price paid to farmers – 46 cents a pound – nearly doubled over the 2017 price.
Hussey Seating buys warehouse as part of $8.2 million expansion
The company had been renting space in the 45,000-square-foot building in Sanford and decides to purchase it as part of a multiyear project to upgrade its manufacturing capabilities.
The Wrap: Primo celebrates 20 years with golden tickets
Melissa Kelly, chef/owner of Primo in Rockland, marks 2 decades with Willy Wonka-style chocolate bars – 5 of which hold a secret prize.
Maine still waiting for internet health care revolution
Poor broadband and out-of-step Medicare policies relegate Maine’s use of telehealth to small niches when it should be in the mainstream.
Gelato Fiasco switches to paper packaging to reduce plastic waste
The Maine-based gelato maker says the switch to paper should keep 3 million plastic containers out of the waste stream annually.
Maine labor department gets nearly $1 million grant
The federal money will be used to update its workforce data systems.
PBR Hard Coffee creating a buzz in Maine test market
‘It is kind of like a Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee, with alcohol,’ said one liquor store manager. Maine is one of 5 states the brewery chose to test its new concoction.
Maine home sales down, prices up in June
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine fell by 7 percent in June from a year earlier, but the median sale price of homes increased by 5 percent.
Condos selling briskly, hotel construction set to start, at former site of Portland lumber yard
Hobson’s Landing, which will replace Rufus Deering Lumber Co. on Commercial Street, already had 35 condos sold as the final girder was lowered into place Wednesday.