Angela Edmonson started her career in the eyeglasses industry working behind the scenes in the service lab of an optical store when she was called onto the service floor to help fill in. Thirty-four years later, she’s still there, now as the owner operator of Spectacles, a new frame shop and optical store, which opened on March 2.

Fiction, a Novel Bookshop, will open its doors for the first time on Saturday, March 29.

With support from family, friends, and the community she has been part of all her life, Wiscasset resident Kalei Haggett aims to serve customers a good cup of coffee in a relaxing environment at her new shop, Grounded.

Waterville resident Richard Petron brought the second of two business ideas to life on Friday, Feb. 14, opening Liberty Pizza at 493 Gardiner Road in Wiscasset. Liberty Pizza’s opening comes after Petron established Seafoam Cannabis, a medical marijuana storefront, at the same location in June 2024.

Devoted to providing the community with fresh, Maine-raised products, Wiscasset farmers Matt Cressey and Miranda Rumery have added “meat market owners” to their repertoire. The couple opened Hen’s Meat Market – an addition to their farm, The Rounded Pig – in Wiscasset on Dec. 28, 2024.

Main Street Wiscasset is getting a new addition to its list of eateries at the end of the month.

A Wiscasset family is working to make its mark in the community with a new Thai restaurant on Bath Road.

A mother’s love for her children has given birth to a bakery in Walpole, and recently a bread pickup box in Damariscotta.

After 16 years of business, jewelry and gift shop Se Vende Imports is hosting a going-out-of-business sale to clear out its Damariscotta and Portland locations.

Roland and Brenda Lacombe opened Monkey C Monkey Do in Wiscasset in 2010 with hopes that their ropes course would leave guests feeling successful and confident, no matter how high they went or what they accomplished. In the midst of its 15th season, Monkey C Monkey Do is doing just that every day.

For Forrest Meader, of Newcastle, creating a space to cultivate the tabletop gaming community in Lincoln County has always been a goal. On Saturday, July 20 when he opened the doors to his new tabletop game store Mythical Market, at 464 Main St. in Damariscotta his dream came true.