Maine
Tell us your favorite local Maine grocery store and the best things to get there
Mainers like to hold onto local secrets like precious jewels. The best place to get pizza. The best place to watch the sun rise or set. Secret parking spots that people from away don’t know about.
It’s the same with grocery stores — not just the big chains that dominate the state, but also the little mom-and-pop grocers in towns and cities from Stockholm to Shapleigh. Who’s got the cheapest eggs? The best cuts of meat? A great deli? Farm-fresh produce? There’s a good chance one of your local markets has got at least one of those.
We want to know: what are your favorite hidden gem markets in Maine, and what in particular do they specialize in selling? Let us know in the form below, or leave a comment. We’ll follow up with a story featuring your answers in a few days. We’ll try to keep it just between us Mainers, but we can’t guarantee a few out-of-staters won’t catch on to these local secrets.
Favorite local grocery stores
The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition says over the past two weeks its immigrant defense hotline has seen an uptick in reported ICE detentions.
They say this corresponds with a national shift in ICE activity, including bids for local businesses to cooperate with ICE.
In Maine, the arrests follow a broader trend of targeting Black and brown immigrants, including people navigating immigration proceedings.
The coalition, which represents more than 100 organizations, says it’s ready to protect civil and human rights and is urging immigrants to prepare themselves and their families.
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They suggest having the defense hotline ready in case you witness ICE activity, making sure you have important personal documents in case of detention, and reviewing rights around judicial warrants in private spaces, like your home or workplace.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
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