At least a dozen Portland-area restaurants have closed within a 12-week period this year. Now the Maine Real Estate & Development Association plans to host a panel that looks at the shakeout ...

A benchmark report says Maine’s gross domestic product and research and development spending are on the rise. But wages fell slightly in 2023. And although Maine’s labor force grew by a modest ...

Thanks to technology, we have many more choices in how we communicate with others today than we did 30 years ago. But sometimes more choices makes things more confusing. From emails to texts to in ...

Coffee By Design, the Portland-based coffee wholesaler and retailer, will give $15,000 in grants to five Maine art projects from its Rebel Blend Fund. The company recently announced this year's ...

Since May, a state appropriation of over $1 million to Maine's Nutrition Incentive Fund has had led to a similar amount of food sales and flowed into the hands of Maine farmers and food producers.

The phone rings and the caller says, “Hi, Grandma. I’m in trouble and I really need some money.” “Tommy, is that you?” the concerned grandparent replies. When she asks him for the ...

Andwell Health Partners, a Lewiston health care provider formerly known as Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice, has hired Christian Bartholomew as chief human resource officer. In this new ...

Fiber Materials Inc., a 400-employee Biddeford manufacturer of heat-resistant aerospace components, may be sold off for $165 million under a new plan by its parent company to raise cash.

Wyoming-based Vertical Harvest will receive $500,000 from the Finance Authority of Maine to help finalize the construction of the company's nearly complete production facility in Westbrook.

The Biodiversity Research Institute, a conservation research nonprofit headquartered at 276 Canco Road in Portland, broke ground on an expansion that reflects its gradual but steady growth in ...

The passenger terminal at Presque Isle International Airport — a building that dates to the Cold War, more than half a century ago — will be replaced and other upgrades made as part of a $52 ...

A federal grant of nearly $350,000 will support budding food businesses and local farms on the midcoast while bolstering efforts to reduce food insecurity. The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program ...