West Paris

Awards

For SCORE award winners, ‘easy’ was not the chosen path

At the annual SCORE awards luncheon in Freeport, award winners detailed the arduous journeys sometimes taken by small business owners.

Government & Politics

After 3 years without a West Paris post office, USPS signs lease for new site

In 2021, USPS closed the West Paris facility while it negotiated a new lease for the property.

Health care

Working from home: In recruiting bid, retirement home offers workers a housing bargain

At OceanView in Falmouth, affordable housing is an additional benefit the retirement community can offer to draw and keep employees in a tight labor market.

Business expansion

🔒Maine’s Wild West: From Lewiston to rural areas, western Maine abounds with unique small businesses

Mainebiz profiles five unique small businesses in Harrison, Bethel, West Paris, Turner and Lewiston.

Arts & Culture

Bethel mineral museum reopens (again) for business, and potential tourism

Maine has a rich history of underground riches, and plans for the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum began over a decade ago. The museum opened in 2019, but since then has shut down twice. Now it's scheduled for open for good on Friday.

Government & Politics

Minimum wage hike a factor in West Paris nursing home’s plans to close

The 2016 law raising Maine's minimum wage coupled with inadequate payments for MaineCare residents are the two reasons cited by a West Paris nursing home for its planned closure in 60 days.

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