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🔒Portland takes another step toward selling embattled Midtown parcels

The city has selected the Boulos Co. to potentially list four undeveloped parcels of land on Somerset and Elm streets, near Whole Foods and Franklin Arterial — though City Councilors say no decision to sell has been made.

🔒Former seafood exec to lead Portland waterfront development

Heather Moretti said her top priority as waterfront coordinator will be “to help usher in a new phase for a thriving, dynamic waterfront in Portland, preserving our heritage industries while also welcoming innovation in the blue economy.”

🔒A French bakery in Hallowell? Mais oui!

Croissants take five hours: Make the dough, rest it, laminate it, rest it, form it, proof it. “Then you bake it — and voilá.”

🔒5 Maine companies named finalists in 2026 Good Food Awards

The Maine companies were honored across four categories: beer, chocolate, coffee and condiments. 
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🔒Maine’s first Aldi grocery store to open in March

The German discount grocery retailer Aldi has begun hiring for its 12,000-square-foot store, located in the Pine Tree Shopping Center on Portland’s outer Brighton Avenue.

🔒Friday Food Insider: Another winery closes amid shifting consumer tastes

Wine consumption in the U.S. has been declining in recent years. While the baby boomer generation drove wine consumption for decades, millennials and Gen Z are not following that trend.

🔒New Deal labor pioneer headed to Maine Women’s Hall of Fame

Frances Perkins, who served as the country's first female secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame next month alongside Dr. Alane O'Connor of MaineHealth Maine Medical Center.

🔒Maine’s population hits new high, fueled by incoming residents

A decline of 5,019 people was offset by 7,406 new residents from other states and another 4,040 from international migration.
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🔒Former seaweed industry leader to take helm at Oxbow Brewing

Briana Warner has been named president of the Newcastle-based brewer.

🔒WEX Q4 results boosted by benefits, corporate payments

Earnings per share were 15.1% higher than the same period a year earlier and above the $3.9.1 per share consensus estimate of analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research.
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