Renee joined Mainebiz in February 2017 after more than two decades as a journalist in Europe. In 2023, she received a first place award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association for racial, ethnic or gender issue coverage and a silver award from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers for business and economics beat reporting. She was a National Press Foundation fellow in 2022. The Chicago native holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and launched her journalism career at the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Renee, a fan of historical fiction, is fluent in German and French and lives in Cape Elizabeth with her husband and pet cockatiel.
Heather Moretti said her top priority as waterfront coordinator will be “to help usher in a new phase for a thriving, dynamic waterfront in Portland, preserving our heritage industries while also welcoming innovation in the blue economy.”
Graduates of the program will be better prepared to audition for the "Greenlight Maine" business-pitch series the following season, though participation does not guarantee selection.
Frances Perkins, who served as the country's first female secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame next month alongside Dr. Alane O'Connor of MaineHealth Maine Medical Center.
Earnings per share were 15.1% higher than the same period a year earlier and above the $3.9.1 per share consensus estimate of analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research.
Fans, business and grassroots soccer leaders across the state are invited to share their views on establishing a pre-professional women's team at three town halls scheduled for March.
President Trump's nominee to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve "isn’t squarely hawkish or dovish – he’s signaling a hybrid stance,” one observer tells Mainebiz.