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🔒 Friday Food Insider: In Aroostook County, bakery puts small town on the food map

The bakery opened in a temporary location at 66 Main St. in January 2024 while its permanent building was under construction. It moved into the finished space at 46 Main St. in early 2026.

🔒 Yarmouth is on a mission to add more affordable housing

The town of Yarmouth welcomed its first new affordable housing project in a decade, with the groundbreaking for 18 apartments to be built on a former parking lot behind town hall.

🔒 $2.8M lifeline buys time for Bangor nonprofit health provider

Penobscot Community Health Care said it is no longer pursuing an imminent Chapter 11 filing, though the next 12 months will remain "critical."
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York County Food Hub opens in Biddeford

The locaton offers loading docks, commercial kitchen space, storage and direct access to I-95, an advantage for an operation moving food to pantries and meal programs.

🔒 Bath custom cabinet company’s new showroom will offer downtown visibility

The move a quarter-mile north will offer more visibility while allowing the company to create a purpose-built showroom that better reflects its craftsmanship and experience.

🔒 Roux Institute’s future Portland campus selected as site for life sciences lab

A shared life sciences laboratory will be developed at Roux Institute’s Portland campus. “This is an important step forward in building the infrastructure Maine needs to grow its life sciences sector,” said a project lead.

🔒 Bangor-based Haley Ward acquires Massachusetts environmental and civil engineering firm

Haley Ward continues its expansion push with a deal for Framingham, Mass.-based CDW Consultants.

🔒 Housing for chronically homeless breaks ground in Augusta

Riverlands, at 53 Oxford St., will provide 25 apartments with on-site, round-the-clock supportive services, as part of the state-sponsored Home for Good program.

🔒 ‘Keep your cool’ and other advice from Mainebiz CEO forum

The Mainebiz "60 Ideas in 60 Minutes" CEO forum was held Wednesday morning at the Sheraton Sable Oaks in South Portland. About 160 people attended.

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🔒 All-women America’s Cup team — including a Mainer — featured in documentary

Merritt Carey was 23, in the middle of the ocean racing a sailboat around the world, when she learned she had been selected for the first all-women America’s Cup team in 1995.

🔒 Androscoggin and Mascoma banks close on merger

The merger “provides a model for mutual banks to grow stronger together while maintaining their individual identifies,” said Androscoggin’s CEO.

🔒 Portland nonprofit Telling Room sets out to raise $1M

The Telling Room operated for more than 20 years from its former writing studio on Commercial Street.

🔒 Hebert Construction renovates Lewiston’s Priory, builds new warehouse in Scarborough

Hebert Construction has projects underway in southern and central Maine, including the complete renovation of an historic building in the company’s hometown of Lewiston, known as the Priory, to transform it into a central office for Catholic Charities of Maine.

🔒 Reveler Development repurposes mill building in Biddeford for housing

One York will welcome tenants to 11 market-rate apartments — mostly one-bedrooms, with one studio and one two-bedroom — along with one workforce-priced unit. Rates range from $1,575 to $2,175.

Landry/French gains infrastructure expertise with acquisition of T Buck Construction

The new partnership gives Landry/French an established infrastructure operation and experienced team, expanding its market capabilities and creating additional opportunities throughout Maine and northern New England.
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Has your company relaxed its standards for interviews?

Interview etiquette and expectations appear to be changing.

It’s not uncommon for candidates to show up dressed in Ugg boots and casual clothes. They’re coming in, coffee in hand, without offering any for anyone else. They’re declining to take business cards. And many are skipping the traditional follow up, the thank you note.

The trends echo a recent online discussion about how seemingly small choices, such as bringing an iced coffee to an interview, send a signal that it’s just a “stop on your list of errands for the day,” as a Florida recruiter, Caitlin Wehniainen, said in a now widely circulated TikTok video.

Standards of professionalism and the unspoken rules of interviewing may be shifting. Which raises the question of how much interview expectations have evolved and what employers consider appropriate today.

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Ask ACE: What governance structures help an ESOP succeed as it grows?

One of the biggest mistakes growing ESOPs make is assuming employee ownership will create alignment on its own.
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🔒 Made in Maine: Thomaston boatbuilder balances a range of projects

Lyman-Morse won a contract to build a specially designed 59-foot aluminum research vessel for the Maryland Department of Natural Resource and also launched a fully electric-powered passenger vessel that can carry up to 150 passengers.
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🔒 Friday Food Insider: From cider donuts to cotton candy, Maine’s fall fairs are back

Beyond the food, Maine's fall calendar is packed with pumpkin-powered celebrations, apple-themed festivities and agricultural fairs featuring local producers, live entertainment and family activities.

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The Rising Cost of Healthcare: What Maine Employers and Health Plan Members Need to Know

Denise McDonough, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine, shares the essential role of a health care plan in Maine.