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4 hours ago in Local Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Businesses around Maine are spending the early part of the week adopting new mask rules in the wake of new guidance from the state. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills lifted mask requirements for most of the state Monday. However, businesses are still allowed to require them if they want to. In Portland’s leafy North Deering neighborhood, businesses greeted the guidance with mixed rule changes of the...

A new Whole Foods Market store will soon be serving grocery shoppers from southern Maine, and could also serve a boost to southern Maine real estate. But the 42,000-square-foot supermarket, expected to open in June, is across the Piscataqua River from Maine, where a Portland store is the lone Whole Foods outpost. The Portsmouth, N.H., store will be the third Whole Foods has launched in that state since 2014. The upscale organic and natural foods retailer, acquired by Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) i...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — State and local officials are mobilizing efforts to stave off the negative impact of Koffee Kup’s decision to shutter its Vermont operations, including the closure of its Brattleboro subsidiary, Vermont Bread Company, that eliminated more than 90 local jobs. The closures were announced suddenly on Monday. According to a Tuesday news release from Dorset Partners, which specializes in “turnaround management and acqu...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — Koffee Kup and its subsidiary in Brattleboro, Vermont Bread Company, were shuttered Monday morning, resulting in a loss of more than 90 local jobs. According to a Tuesday news release from Dorset Partners, which specializes in “turnaround management and acquisitions,” Koffee Kup had been struggling to make ends meet for the past four years. “For each of the last four years Koffee Kup has suffered substantial ...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — State and local officials are mobilizing efforts to stave off the negative impact of Koffee Kup’s decision to shutter its Vermont operations, including the closure of its Brattleboro subsidiary, Vermont Bread Company, that eliminated more than 90 local jobs. The closures were announced suddenly on Monday. According to a Tuesday news release from Dorset Partners, which specializes in “turnaround management and acqu...

Some jobs go begging as economy emerges from pandemic’s shadow | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS PHOTO PROVIDED Nick Durrum is shown working in the Stewarts Shops milk processing plant in Greenfield. There are 32 job openings at the plant and a combined 1,200-plus elsewhere across the companys 350 locations. Shares0 ALBANY — Fewer people are working in the Capital Region than a year ago and fewer appear to be seeking work. There were 5.7% fewer jobs in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan S...

Read Article REGION — Maine is steadily ticking upwards with its efforts to vaccinate adults against COVID-19. As of April 5, about 770,000 total vaccines have been administered. Twenty-three percent of Mainers have been completely vaccinated and 35% have received their first shot. The recent approval of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, which requires only one shot, is helping get more people vaccinated sooner. With capacity starting to materialize, Maine’s Center for Disease Control is focu...

BRUNSWICK, N.Y. — Hannaford Supermarkets recently announced plans to build a store at 9 Lord Ave. in Brunswick deepening its ties with that community and offering customers a convenient new

Hannaford plans supermarket in Brunswick FacebookTwitterEmail The Hannaford Supermarket chain plans to open a new store in Brunswick. This photograph shows the exterior view of Hannaford the company opened two years ago in Ballston Spa. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less 2of3Buy PhotoAndy Willette, director of operations, Hannaford Supermarkets, speaks during an event announcing the generous gift from Hannaford Supermarkets of $100,000 to support Capital Region fam...

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