Central Maine Wreath business employees are scrambling to fill orders for wreaths and garland in Skowhegan during the last week in November. Miranda Meader, right, makes a wreath as Belinda York, left, and Patti York make one after another.
Tom McCarthy takes a break next to the stove after a UPS pick-up at Maine Wreath Company in Skowhegan recently.
Theresa Quimby, left, operates a machine that binds fir branches into a Christmas wreath as Evelyn Doane bunches fir tips at the Christmas Tree Acres Wreath Co. in Norridgewock on Dec. 6, 2005. Quimby said at the time that she had made wreaths for over 30 years. The business recently closed citing an "exorbitant" increase in shipping costs.
Betty Greenleaf makes wreath bows on a machine at the Christmas Tree Acres Wreath Co. in Norridgewock on Dec. 6, 2005. The business recently closed citing an "exorbitant" increase in shipping costs.
Darrell Kimball weighs and labels wreaths at McCarthy's Central Maine Wreath in Skowhegan recently. Phyllis Stevens walks by with a wreath that will be decorated with holiday trimmings.
Barbara King decorates wreaths at Central Maine Wreath in Skowhegan during the last week in November. Owner Tom McCarthy said shipping is always a challenge in the wreath industry.
Tom McCarthy, left, walks through the shipping department where Darrell Kimball weighs and labels wreaths at McCarthy's Central Maine Wreath business in Skowhegan recently. McCarthy said shipping costs are always a challenge in the wreath industry.
The shuttered Christmas Tree Acres Wreath Company in Norridgewock is closed and is for sale.
Tom McCarthy is on the phone at his Central Maine Wreath business in Skowhegan where workers are busy making wreaths, garland and other holiday decorations recently.
Tom McCarthy, owner of Central Maine Wreath in Skowhegan, waits for the UPS delivery truck for a pick-up recently.
Wreaths made at Maine Wreath Company in Skowhegan are loaded on to a UPS truck recently.
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