Market Basket (New England) Massachusetts, 29 stores in New Hampshire, and a single store in Maine. The chain's footprint has expanded greatly in the past 15 years, and now encompasses an area stretching along the New England coastline from Cape Cod to southern Maine, to as far west as just shy of the Vermont and Rhode Island state lines. The first Maine location opened in Biddeford in August 2013, while a second Maine store is planned in Westbrook for opening in late 2018 or early 2019. New projects were stalled from 2013 to 2014 due to disputes between company president Arthur T. Demoulas and
1856 United States presidential election in Rhode Island after Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine. 1856 United States presidential election in Rhode Island The 1856 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Rhode Island voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and the Know Nothing candidate, Millard Fillmore. Frémont won the state by a margin of 24.15%. With 57.85% of the popular vote, Rhode Island proved to be Frémont's fourth strongest