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The Freeport-based tasting room was credited for its energy conservation efforts.

'There are a lot less local people that want to do (this work), so we have to have this program,' said the owner of an apple orchard. 'Without it, we’ll just be out of the industry. We go away.'

After years of pushback, Nordic Aquafarms abandoned its $500 million project and listed its 54-acre parcel for sale in January.

The termination letter said Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.

Tom Wiley, the president and publisher of The Buffalo News, will take over leadership of the National Trust for Local News.

The report aims to detail how the Trust’s work can ‘inspire hope and action,’ according to its managing director. 

The owners have an $87.5 million offer for a four-state, eight-park deal, but residents of Friendly Village could decide to buy their park for $22 million.

Regulators shut down the fishery earlier this month after scallopers hit a temporary limit that goes into effect when federal regulators do not pass annual rules in time.

Rep. Jared Golden of Maine sees 'progress' in the action that the president said will improve the U.S. commercial fishery by peeling back regulations and opening up harvesting in previously protected areas.

The once-revered electric vehicles have endured vandalism, public scorn, and a wave of trade-ins from some drivers no longer comfortable with what the brand represents.

The Portland-based company first announced in 2022 that it would open at The Downs, the state's largest mixed-use development.

The complaint by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based farmers' rights group, alleges substandard working conditions on some farms that supply the supermarket chain's milk.

The meeting came after workers at the Kittery shipyard were initially targeted as part of the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

Spending by tourists increased slightly to $19.2 billion, but Gov. Mills anticipates further declines as Canadians curb U.S. travel plans.

Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban bots and put a price cap on resale tickets.

The beloved Portland doughnut shop was founded by the late Antonio Fournier in 1965.

There are now six cannabis shops within a mile and a half of Forest Avenue, and their owners say there's room for all of them.

Most of the new businesses in town in recent years are owned by women. They say it's about improving the community, not gender.

Once again, the outdoor markets will be held in Deering Oaks park.

Supply problems in West Africa, the commodities market and uncertain tariffs have forced local chocolate makers to find creative solutions to doing business.