Colby College

Riding a trend of rural workforce recruitment and retention programs in multiple industries, an educator support program expands training and career advancement.

Maine's former director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention will be returning to the state after leaving a post at the federal agency.

Funded with a $5 million donation from an anonymous trustee, Colby's new public Policy Lab will combine classroom study with experiential learning.

The Princeton Review's 'Guide to Green Colleges' also gave high marks to Colby, Bates and UMaine.

Many familiar names top the lists of the best colleges and universities from U.S. News & World Report. But there are a few shake-ups.

The area is bustling and has become more so. In recent years, over $200 million of investment, along with help from tax incentives, has transformed the downtown.

Category submissions can include consumer or business goods and services, trades and technology operations, social innovation, and health, clean technologies and life sciences.

A $10,000 Backing Small Businesses grant will help build inventory. An advantage of 150 Main St. was that the interior could be designed from scratch.

The local brewery, which has three locations in Augusta, will open a restaurant and bar in downtown Waterville with seating for 80 people.

The McVey Center for Computational and Data Sciences is named for donor Richard M. McVey, a Colby College trustee who founded and leads MarketAxess, a New York-based financial technology company.