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Bangor Daily News

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Former Bangor mayor’s historic downtown home available for $1.1M

Located at 50 Broadway, the stately Colonial Revival-style home offers more than 4,200 square feet of living space.

Bangor, ME · 3d

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This Old-School Maine Butcher Shop Still Sells The Meat Bundles Families Love

One neighborhood butcher counter in Maine offers generous meat bundles that can keep a family’s freezer stocked for weeks. The shop also cuts meat in-house, giving customers plenty of options for their next family dinner. The same family has carried this business through five generations. Its current home has...

Maine · 2d
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Federal ruling says Central Maine Power owes customers significant refund

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A significant refund is coming to all Central Maine Power customers. A federal ruling found New England power companies were making too much profit on their transmission lines. For CMP though, the refunds come as the company is already looking for a rate increase to pay for...

Maine · 1d
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Some Mainers could be compensated through multistate settlement with Acima Digital

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Some Mainers could be compensated through a $183.5 million multistate settlement with Acima Digital, according to Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey. Acima partners with Maine retailers, mostly furniture and appliance stores, to offer financing to customers through rental-purchase agreements. In a statement, Attorney General Frey says:

Maine · 17h
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This Old Maine Barn Is Stuffed With So Many Vintage Treasures You Could Spend Hours Exploring

Taxidermy wearing hats. That is one of the things people have spotted inside this barn, and honestly, I need to know more about the hats. The building holds three full floors of old stuff. Rusty tools, creepy dolls, lobster buoys, vintage ski gear, and stacks of old National Geographic volumes all share the space with about fifty vendors.

Maine · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Massachusetts company buys two Waldo County campgrounds

The two campgrounds, located in Belfast and Searsport, sold for a total of $2.5 million, according to real estate documents.

Waldo County, ME · 3d

Bangor Daily News

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Maine wants dam operator to pay $120K for Penobscot River fish kills

The money would go to support fisheries restoration and improvement in the region.

Maine · 1d

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Bar Harbor Historical Society lays off entire staff

The Bar Harbor Historical Society has laid off all five of its paid staff. “All the staff fears for that collection," former Executive Director Erin Cough said. "We've been told there will be no new exhibits next year ... there will be no programming next year.”. Cough said the layoffs...

Bar Harbor, ME · 1d

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Heating oil prices dip under $6 in Maine

MAINE (WABI) - The average cost of heating oil has dropped. As of Monday, Nov. 9, heating oil prices sit around $5.84, down 17 cents from last week, according to the Maine Department of Energy Resources. Prices had been hovering around the $6 dollar for weeks. Two weeks ago, the...

Maine · 15h

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Stephen Coston’s path to Innkeeper of the Year began in a motel basement, with a stack of CDs and a job many people outside the industry don’t think about.

BAR HARBOR — Before Stephen Coston was named Innkeeper of the Year, before the 13 properties and the renovations and the business accolades, before the recognition that comes with building something that lasts, there were a whole lot of cigarette butts. He wasn’t smoking them. The cigarette butts...

Bar Harbor, ME · 1d

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Wrongful death lawsuit targets Newport construction firm

The family of a 19-year-old Brewer man who died of electrocution on his first day of work at a Bangor construction site has filed a wrongful death complaint against the Newport-based construction company that operated the site. Already a Subscriber? Log in. Get Instant Access to This Article. Subscribe to...

Newport, ME · 18h

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This Historic Maine Mill Is Hiding A Massive 10,000-Square-Foot Antique Treasure Trove

An old shirt factory with 16-foot ceilings now holds more than 75 dealer displays of antiques. I had no idea a building that once churned out dress shirts could become a treasure hunt this big. The brick mill sits right on the Kennebec River in Maine. Its story stretches back...

Waterville, ME · 3d

Bangor Daily News

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New mercantile shop opens on Blue Hill’s Main Street

Gingerfly Life is a new venture for former theme park designer Sarah Gibbon.

Blue Hill, ME · 1d

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FTC sues Maine-based veterinary supplies company over acquisition

PORTLAND (WGME) -- The Federal Trade Commission is suing a Maine-based veterinary supplies company, seeking to block a proposed multi-billion-dollar acquisition of one of its competitors. Regulators filed suit Friday against Covetrus, whose headquarters are in Portland. The company had proposed buying its closest competitor, MWI Veterinary Supply, for $3.5...

Portland, ME · 4h

Bangor Daily News

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Maine home sales fall for 3rd straight month

The median sales price for a Maine home fell 5.6% year over year to $402,500.

Maine · 18h

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Meet the Maine cranberry farmers keeping tradition alive with 1930s equipment

COLUMBIA, Maine (WABI) - For Christine Alexander, a 1930s cranberry separator is more than a piece of equipment. It is a connection to her family’s past and a way to keep an old farming tradition alive. “We like doing things the way that they used to be done. My...

Maine · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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North Country Associates announces transition to new operator, sale of assets to new ownership

Tide Group and Vantage Point Capital will take over much of North Country’s network of nursing homes and residential care facilities pending state approval LEWISTON — North Country Associates, one of Maine’s most trusted providers of post-acute, long-term and residential care services, announced the sale of 15 facilities that it owns or co-owns with Sandy […]

Maine · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Midcoast housing project aims to serve demand for ‘missing middle’

The buildings will be located next to the former Anchor Church at the intersection of Cross Street and Route 90.

Rockport, ME · 1d

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296-mile PNGTS gas pipeline: Blackstone Infrastructure to buy New England line from GIP, Morgan Stanley

(P&GJ) — Funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure have agreed to acquire the 296-mile Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS), a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-regulated pipeline serving northern New England and Atlantic Canada, Blackstone said Nov. 10. The sellers are funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.

New Hampshire · 2d

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Maine fishermen to test ocean robots in Portland, Rockland

Maine commercial fishermen will get a firsthand look at two ocean robots designed to help captains better understand conditions on their fishing grounds during upcoming demonstrations in Portland and Rockland. The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA) is hosting the demonstrations as part of Robots for Fishermen, a project under the...

Portland, ME · 19h