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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 their own. Some shops were continuing to require the masks, while others put up signs saying “masks a...

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) in 2017 for $13.7 billion, now has over 530 stores in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. For th...

Don't 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 acquisitions,” Koffee Kup had been struggling to make ends meet for the past four years. “For...

Don't 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 financial losses and was unable to find a way out of their troubles,” states the news release,...

Don't 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 acquisitions,” Koffee Kup had been struggling to make ends meet for the past four years. “For...