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🔒Portland’s Press Hotel sold to New York real estate investment firm

EOS Investors purchased the 110-room luxury hotel from San-Francisco-based private equity company KHP Capital Partners, for an undisclosed price.
Arts & Culture

🔒From Don Quixote to D. Wayne Lukas: Maine summer read picks

Mainebiz checked in with leaders across several sectors to find out what they’re reading now — or are planning to dive into this summer.
Friday Food Insider

🔒Friday Food Insider: $2.4M Bayside buy gives whiskey snack maker a new base

Double Neat recently closed on the former Blue Lobster Winery space at 200 Anderson St.
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Family-owned businesses

🔒LLBean sets September opening for expanded Freeport store

The multi-year, $50 million “re-booting” of L.L.Bean’s flagship store in Freeport will be completed this fall and celebrated with a grand opening the weekend of Sept. 18 -20.
Banking & Finance

Maine Bankers Association recruits next leader from national ranks

Aaron Stetter, an executive vice president for affiliate and volunteer relations with the Independent Community Bankers of America, will succeed Jim Roche as president of the Maine Bankers Association.
AI

Customer service in age of AI illustrates erosion of human support

The gap between "talk to a bot" and "talk to a person" becomes the new class divide in service, our guest columnist writes.
Health care

Jackson Lab wins research grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation

Researchers will use the funding to address a critical gap in Parkinson's disease research.
Startups & Entrepreneurs

🔒Entrepreneurs score big at SCORE luncheon

Eight entrepreneurs from around Maine were feted on Wednesday at the annual SCORE luncheon. The event, which was attended by roughly 120 people, was held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport.
Housing

🔒Auburn sets out to define housing needs after study flags shortage

Mayor Jeffrey Harmon tells Mainebiz that while there’s lot of housing development in the city, that may need to be accelerated.

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Health care

🔒MaineHealth branching out with first standalone retail pharmacy

The pharmacy, to be located in Portland’s Pine Tree Shopping Center on Brighton Avenue, will be open to everyone, regardless of whether they receive care at MaineHealth centers.
C-suite

Workforce-focused educator to lead Central Maine Community College

Susan Rogers, a vice president at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will start her new role in Auburn on Aug. 10.
Economy

Survey shows growing challenge of running a business in Maine

Nearly half of Maine businesses surveyed by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce cite workforce challenges and policy uncertainty as barriers to growth .
Housing

Maine home sales fall by nearly 3% in May

According to Maine Listings, 1,206 single-family existing homes were sold in May and the median sales price was unchanged compared to last year at $425,000.
Higher education

🔒UMaine’s aims for fall opening of ‘Factory of the Future’

The GEM building will be home to the university’s "Factory of the Future." It will incorporate innovative digital manufacturing technologies and immersive learning spaces for students across the University of Maine System.
Nonprofits

Maine Audubon cuts ribbon on expansive education center

The 4,560-square foot Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center, built by Wright-Ryan Construction, will nearly double public education space at the Falmouth-based Audubon center.
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Does your company mandate employees to be in the office?

Six years after the start of the COVID pandemic, many Maine employers are requiring workers to return to the office, with employees expected to work in person three to five days per week.

Companies such as Fidelity Investments, J.P. Morgan and Amazon have tightened remote work policies, while some employers continue to offer remote or hybrid work opportunities for certain positions.

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How To

How to bring summer sizzle to your networking game

Even a simple outdoor picnic can create meaningful opportunities for conversation, our guest columnist writes.
Made in Maine

🔒Made in Maine: Lewiston guitar maker hitting the high notes

Building guitars of this quality is a meticulous time-consuming process; it takes 14 weeks to build a single one from start to finish.
Friday Food Insider

🔒Friday Food Insider: Employee housing costs push Wells diner into Chapter 11

The voluntary bankruptcy protection will allow the diner to restructure its finances while remaining open for business.

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Learning Without Walls: How Fern Brook Nature School Built a Business Rooted in Nature and Community

For founder and director Lindsay Runey, that scene reflects a conscious rethinking of early childhood education.

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