GOULDSBORO — Don’t be surprised if you manage to walk away from Maine’s Choice Wholesale one day with a piece of furniture for as little as 10 cents. While it certainly won’t happen every day, what co-owner Chris Crawley dubs “crazy sales” will be part of the marketing plan for the store, which opened in …
ELLSWORTH — The Jackson Laboratory has increased its minimum wage to $15.75 an hour and will hire 300 new employees over the next year, according to a press release from Senior Public Relations Manager Sarah Laskowski on Tuesday. The move comes as the Bar Harbor-based organization, which made $400 million before expenses in 2017, continues …
BAR HARBOR — Several seasonal businesses are opening later than usual, and cutting back hours, after not being granted visas for temporary foreign workers. “We have delayed our opening by a week, and we will only be serving dinner until we are adequately staffed,” said Gail Leiser, co-owner of Galyn’s in Bar Harbor. This year, …
ELLSWORTH — Walmart is making a push in communities around the state, including Ellsworth and Bangor, to lower the property valuation of its stores by millions of dollars. The requests, if granted, could cost host communities hundreds of thousands in one-time retroactive reimbursements and future tax revenue. In many towns, Walmart is arguing that, despite …
ELLSWORTH — Come May, Ellsworth residents and passers-through will have more options when it comes to snacking on Maine’s official state treat. Bangin’ Whoopie, a Bangor-based bakery selling more than 100 flavors of whoopie pies, is coming to the Maine Grind building, said the store’s owner, James Gallagher. The company will set up shop in …
WINTER HARBOR — When Pam Di Ruggiero started working part time as a florist, she didn’t want to stop at the end of the day. Now the Winter Harbor resident is turning that energy into a new business. Schoodic in Bloom is set to open later this month, as soon as the signs she ordered …
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital has announced that Ruth Calas has been hired as the director of philanthropy for both Blue Hill and Maine Coast hospitals. Calas joined the Northern Light Health Foundation in 2015 as the director of philanthropy for Blue Hill Hospital, where she has grown the fundraising program and worked closely with …
ELLSWORTH — The prices for beef, butter and milk rose slightly this quarter, according to prices gathered by The American. Ground beef, a pound of 85 percent lean, has increased by just over 1 percent since October, going from $5.40 to $5.47 this month. That’s on top of a 7 percent spike that occurred last …
ELLSWORTH — Emera Maine will be sold to Canadian company ENMAX Corp. for $959 million, according to a press release from Emera Inc. on Monday. Emera Maine’s parent company, Emera Inc., which is also based in Canada, said in the release that it had reached a deal with ENMAX to sell its interest in the …
ELLSWORTH — On Friday afternoon, Linda and Hans van der Does packed their 9-year-old son Ries into the car and drove up from their home in Ogunquit. They were coming to Ellsworth, where they’ve owned land for several years, to begin work on their recent acquisition: 112 Main St., the future home of Toko Ellsworth. …
