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By Doug Barrett Jun 1, 2021 | 5:03 AM Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping. With vaccinations rolling out and shoppers freer to go out maskless, retailers from Walmart to Macy’s are seeing an eager return to their stores after months of watching their customers focus on online buying during the pandemic. Shoppers return less than when buying online. And store customers tend to do more impulse buying than online. Three months after saying that comparable store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy  released a much more optimistic outlook for...

Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship support application requests reached nearly $29,100. The organization was unable to fully fund all re...

Andrew Colvin, JTGF Thu, 04/29/2021 - 3:30pm The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 71 grants totaling $1 million to provide food, shelter, and other essential services to Mainers in need through its 2021 Direct Services Grant Program. Four of the grants were awarded to the following organizations in Lincoln County: Twin Villages Foodbank Farm, Damariscotta – $20,000; Boothbay Region Community Resource Council, Boothbay Harbor – $15,000; Veggies to Table, Newcastle – $5,000; and Skidompha Library, Damariscotta – $2,500. The Foundation increased funding to the annual progr...

bkreitzer@lewistownsentinel.com Mifflintown – During a brief meeting Tuesday the Juniata County commissioners ratified the receipt of the Juniata County Rights and Services Act (RASA) and Victims of Juvenile Offenders (VOJO) Services Grant application sub-grant in the amount of $79,144.00 as submitted by Sylvia Middaugh, Victim Witness Program Coordinator. The funds provided by the RASA and VOJO program are to support the carrying out of responsibilities assigned to Prosecution and Juvenile Probation under the Crime Victims Act (Act 85 of 2002), the Juvenile Act and Pennsylvania’s Rules o...