October 16, 2023 EditionEdition

Guest columnist Carrie Green Yardley writes that the problem is not with the 'plug' feature of online forms, but with how they 'play.'

Bixby Chocolate founder Kate McAleer is taking the Rockland-based company in new directions, via “bean-to-bar” chocolate production and the launch of a coffee brand called Bixenta.

Cyndi Prince runs her business from her home in Camden. Later this fall, she’ll be adding to the brand with new products including LooHoo Dryer Gems, Laundry Bags and Wash Bags, to be sold online and at art shows.

New hires, promotions and achievements from businesses and nonprofits around Maine.

The future team, to be named with community input, will play in the USL League One starting in 2025.

Hilary Crowell runs the Cultivated Thread from her home in Wiscasset, making handwoven towels and other products sold online and at events.

The Scone Goddess, founded in 2020, sells 70 flavors of fresh-baked scones to local customers and sells 22 mixes to retail and wholesale customers.

The year-round Rockport Harbor Hotel will have 20 rooms and two restaurants, and plans to employ 15 to 20 people when it opens.

In the tiny Washington County town of Whitneyville, the company is applying lessons it's learned as a longtime supplier of holiday wreaths to a new, year-round business, Downeast Packaging Solutions.

Wright-Ryan Construction is working on the Hotel Ursa on the University of Maine Campus, while DeStefano & Associates has been busy building Aroma Joe's outlets and a Dunkin shop.

For our focus on the midcoast and Downeast, Mainebiz found some old-school industries have come up with...