Hermon

New Hampshire-based Ross Express opened a new built freight facility in the Penobscot County city after outgrowing its previous location in nearby Hermon.

In 1952 — long before the days of Grubhub and DoorDash — there was Schwan's Home Delivery. Now the iconic yellow freezer trucks are making their last runs, and some Mainers are out of work.

Rhode Island has “a very lively market” for the firm’s services, said Cole’s COO. Cole started focusing on acquisitions in 2013 as part of a strategic growth initiative.

The Saco Drive-In, which opened in 1939, may get a new life across the street at the Aquaboggan Water Park.

A new round of grants from the Northern Border Regional Commission will fund improvements from Augusta to Machias to Limestone.

Dysart’s Truck Stop and Restaurant in Hermon, which has served “home-cooked comfort food” to hungry travelers 24 hours a day since 1967, will shorten its hours beginning Oct. 1.

A new convenience store at 1739 Hammond St. in Hermon is another sign of the town's expanded business activity, said Scott Perkins, Hermon's economic and community development director.

Mathews Brothers Co., a window manufacturer in Belfast, is planning an expansion in Hermon that's expected to result in the creation of 80 to 100 jobs.

A Connecticut-based company that owns six hot-mix asphalt facilities in Maine sold its asphalt plants and paving division for $555 million to Eurovia SAS, a subsidiary of the Vinci Group in France, one of the world's largest infrastructure and urban development companies.

The trustee for bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway has filed a motion seeking court approval to abandon a 5.5-acre rail yard at Northern Maine Junction in Hermon containing ties treated with creosote, a wood preservative that officials say may pose a long-term environmental threat.