The Biergarten will be located in the newly redeveloped Spinning Mill.
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Maine breweries seek growth solutions in challenging times
As the craft beer market plateaus nationally and Maine’s market becomes more competitive than ever, local brewers turn to new alternative products and other innovations.
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Maine takes first step toward more accurately tracking efforts to resolve housing crisis
A bill to require Maine cities and towns to report annual home construction data is headed for the House — but without bipartisan support or a mandate that all municipalities participate.
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Gardiner breaks ground on 32-unit affordable housing project
The Iron Heights development is the latest in a string of affordable housing projects spearheaded by Mastway Development’s Matt Morrill.
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Farmers, seasonal businesses worry as immigration crackdown ramps up
‘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.’
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Environmental group to purchase land once eyed for Belfast salmon farm
After years of pushback, Nordic Aquafarms abandoned its $500 million project and listed its 54-acre parcel for sale in January.
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USDA cancels $35M climate grant to Freeport demonstration farm
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.
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Home Baked in Mercer has dinner ready to go
The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.
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Nonprofit owner of Maine newspapers hires new CEO
Tom Wiley, the president and publisher of The Buffalo News, will take over leadership of the National Trust for Local News.
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Maine Trust releases first report on impact journalism
The report aims to detail how the Trust’s work can ‘inspire hope and action,’ according to its managing director.