Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s medical cannabis grow in Unity two years ago, forcing their way past a locked steel door and boarded-up window to steal 60 marijuana plants valued at more than $50,000 from this husbandand wife caregiver business. In under an hour, East Coast CBD’s entire marijuana […]

PORTLAND Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, recently announced a total of nearly $530,000 in federal grants for several small businesses in Maine. The funds comes from two USDA Rural Development programs Pingree has strongly advocated for in Congress — the Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) and Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG). “These REAP grants will […]

As a drug enforcement agent, Scott Durst spent three decades trying to put illegal drug dealers in jail, both in Maine and abroad. Now the retired police officer is making a second career for himself as a private security consultant for Maine’s legal cannabis growers, transporting cash between five state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and the […]

Occasionally in this column, I like to highlight several different observations about activities happening in the business community locally, or even statewide. Rather than tying them into a narrative, I offer 10 observations in bulleted list format — at approximately 100 words per blurb. Here are 10 observations for fall:  It’s Still Tourist Season. […]

BATH Bath Savings Institution was recently named one of Maine’s Best Places to Work for the fifth year in a row. Best Places to Work in ME is a program that was created in 2006 to foster business growth and excellence throughout the state. The recognition, given by the Society for Human Resource Management, highlights […]