Under pressure for plastic use, Poland Spring to work with UMaine on sustainable packaging

By Lori Valigra on Sep 29, 2020 01:21 pm
The move comes as Poland Spring’s parent, the Swiss conglomerate Nestle, looks to sell the Maine company partly because of rising consumer resistance to its plastic bottles.

After nearly 3 years of scrutiny, the fate of a Belfast fish farm could come down to a judge

By Abigail Curtis on Sep 29, 2020 01:00 am
After a lengthy process marked by fierce local opposition and complex, unresolved legal battles, the Nordic Aquafarms executives remain hopeful the company can soon move forward with its project and get to work raising fish.

Maine’s new recreational marijuana market could boost tourism, but it will take time

By Lori Valigra on Sep 29, 2020 01:00 am
Massachusetts, Colorado and other states with thriving recreational marijuana markets are already seeing millions of people and dollars in related tourism.


 

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