Husband-and-wife business owners Jane Oliver-Gravel and Gary Gravel will be selling Main Street Grocery to Greg Snyder, of Sidney, who purchased Hilltop Stop from the couple in January. 

In its annual tradition of partnering with Midcoast Humane, pet supply store The Animal House in Damariscotta is collecting donations for the animal rescue and setting up a Christmas tree featuring photos of dogs and cats up for adoption.

It’s a Friday afternoon in December at the Cupboard Cafe, and owner-operator Mary Dee Grant is all business as she waits for 17 50-pound bags of flour to be delivered and prepares to pack countless boxes with her family’s famous cinnamon and sticky buns. 

After about seven years on Main Street in Newcastle, Milling Around closed its doors for the last time on Dec. 15.

Community Shellfish Company is expanding to southern New England and New York, and bringing the products of Maine’s burgeoning shellfish and aquaculture industry to a new market.

Bob and Lynne Plourde will be selling their Newcastle and Bath-based mail and parcel business, Mail It 4 U, after 19 years to focus on selling custom printed and embroidered apparel. 

It’s 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 16, and while Wiscasset’s sleepy stores and sidewalks are just waking up, the kitchen staff at Wiscasset’s staple bakery and market have been in full swing since the wee hours of the morning, baking and preparing for another lively holiday season. 

From a vantage point on Water Street in downtown Wiscasset, passersby will soon be able to watch the stitching of brooms, the carving of bowls and spoons, and other handcrafting techniques.

Damariscotta’s Main Street has a new young business owner on its hands, and their entrepreneurial vision is crystal clear.  

The new owners of the Newcastle Inn, married couple Carolyn and Liz Cooke, said they plan to stay the course for the time being at the popular River Road bed and breakfast.