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Food is the big winner in Top Gun, Tastemakers competitions
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 23, 2024From oyster growers to a maker of fruit snacks from apple cider remains, food businesses in Maine received cash awards that can play a big role for small companies looking to grow.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 23, 2024
Bangor Savings Bank adds to its wealth management group
Alexis Wells May 22, 2024Bangor Savings Bank has hired Mike Adams as vice president, senior fiduciary officer and counsel for the bank's wealth management group.
Alexis Wells May 22, 2024
The good, the tough and the needed: 10 insights from Startup Maine Week
Renee Cordes Updated: May 20, 2024The Portland conference, held for the first time since 2019, offered sessions on a range of topics and networking events for budding and wannabe entrepreneurs.
Renee Cordes Updated: May 20, 2024
Great Falls Federal Credit Union plans to build a bigger branch in Auburn
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 20, 2024The 4,000-square-foot building, slated for completion next spring, is more than double the size of the existing branch and will offer amenities like a member community room.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 20, 2024
Norway Savings delivers $40k to Avesta Housing
Updated: May 20, 2024Founded in 1972, Avesta is the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in Maine. It manages more than 150 properties and has 800 new homes and units in development.
Updated: May 20, 2024
Microloan program aims to help small businesses in northern Maine
Laurie Schreiber May 14, 2024Small, rural businesses have unique financing needs. USDA’s federal capital helps to stimulate business creation and growth.
Laurie Schreiber May 14, 2024
Bath Savings hires vice president, trust and investment officer
Alexis Wells May 14, 2024Bath Savings Trust Co. has hired Ashley Daigle as a trust and investment officer.
Alexis Wells May 14, 2024
Norway Savings promotes from within for branch manager position in Scarborough
Alexis Wells May 13, 2024Norway Savings Bank has promoted Jacob Gikas to the branch manager of its Scarborough branch.
Alexis Wells May 13, 2024
University of Maine at Augusta will duke it out with Harvard, Yale and others in design challenge
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 14, 2024Founded by philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the program researches climate change challenges and explores adaptive and imaginative solutions.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 14, 2024
Maine’s Small Business Development Centers expand their reach
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 13, 2024Small Business Development Centers in Maine recorded one of their highest numbers of business starts during 2023. “I think the pandemic caused a lot of people to rethink things," says Maine SBDC Director Mark Delisle.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 13, 2024
Oyster grower takes top spot in Lewiston-Auburn entrepreneur pitch competition
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 9, 2024Founders of an oyster farm, a producer of goods using lavender buds, and a landscaping firm were recognized for their “spirit of innovation and perseverance.”
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 9, 2024
Norway Savings’s first NH branch to leverage proximity to mixed-use development
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 8, 2024The location leverage proximity to a planned 126-acre development of senior and workforce housing, ski condos, restaurants, commercial space and assisted living facilities.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 8, 2024
Franklin Savings Bank adds multi-industry professional as HR director
Alexis Wells Updated: May 6, 2024Franklin Savings Bank, which operates eight branches in Maine, has hired Michelle Grimnes as vice president and human resources director.
Alexis Wells Updated: May 6, 2024
'Prudent risk management' bolsters Camden National earnings
Peter Van Allen May 2, 2024First-quarter income was improved by releasing $2.1 million that had been set aside for credit losses, the bank said.
Peter Van Allen May 2, 2024
TD Bank to close two branches in Maine this summer
Renee Cordes Updated: May 2, 2024The branches will be permanently shuttered on July 12 as part of TD Bank's plans to 'better align our network' by closing 20 branches across multiple states.
Renee Cordes Updated: May 2, 2024
Kennebec Savings expands its central region leadership with new hire
Alexis Wells April 30, 2024Kennebec Savings Bank has appointed Michael Pietroski as vice president and retail regional manager for central Maine.
Alexis Wells April 30, 2024
Today's Poll
Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank
As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.
In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.
With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing.
Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.
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The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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