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Maine family businesses honored for going the extra mile
Renee Cordes October 12, 2022The Institute for Family-Owned Business honored a range of businesses. Winners included Kennebec Cabin Co. of Manchester, whose owners achieved worldwide fame from the "Maine Cabin Masters" reality show.
Renee Cordes October 12, 2022
Penobscot River mercury cleanup will cost at least $187 million
Laurie Schreiber October 12, 2022The settlement follows multiple studies and will include removing contaminated sediment and 30 to 45 years of monitoring.
Laurie Schreiber October 12, 2022
Australian soil sequestration firm expands in SoPo
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 7, 2022Greater Portland has the ability to attract talent from Boston’s biotech hub and internationally, says the company chief. Fungal organisms can capture carbon harnessed by agricultural plants, ultimately stabilizing it in the soil.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 7, 2022
Despite shifts in the industry, Madawaska paper plant optimistic about what's ahead
Laurie Schreiber October 10, 2022A flexible lending arrangement facilitates asset maintenance. In recent years, more domestic customers are looking to shift supply chains back to North America, creating opportunities.
Laurie Schreiber October 10, 2022
J.S. McCarthy, Augusta printer with 160 employees, invests in the future
Laurie Schreiber October 10, 2022J.S. McCarthy Printers, which operates from a 150,000-square-foot facility, ordered a flatbed die-cutter that will increase its carton-folding capacity.
Laurie Schreiber October 10, 2022
Rupee Beer signs on with 3 major U.S. retailers
Renee Cordes October 7, 2022Rupee Beer, a fast-growing brand launched by two brothers who grew up in Portland, will now be sold at select regional Costco, Whole Foods and Total Wine & More stores.
Renee Cordes October 7, 2022
40 Under 40: Maine's emerging leaders pave the way
October 5, 2022Introducing Jake Holmes, Jenny Kalanges, Thomas Kennedy II, Jason Kroot, Jenn Lever, BJ McCollister, Taylor McFarlane and Derek McKenney.
October 5, 2022
Rock Row developers to build Maine’s first mass timber office building
Laurie Schreiber October 3, 2022The project will showcase cross-laminated timber construction, provide training and be the first to implement new building codes to facilitate its adoption.
Laurie Schreiber October 3, 2022
40 under 40: Building a bigger craft beer brand
Renee Cordes Updated: October 3, 2022Jenn Lever, president of Baxter Brewing Co., led the Lewiston-based company through a rebrand in 2020.
Renee Cordes Updated: October 3, 2022
40 Under 40: Restaurant, real estate and Rupee Beer
Renee Cordes Updated: October 3, 2022Sumit Sharma founded Rupee Beer with his brother, Van Sharma.
Renee Cordes Updated: October 3, 2022
40 Under 40: A leader in the manufacturing industry
Alexis Wells Updated: October 3, 2022Thomas Kennedy II, director of business development, Steel-Pro Inc., hopes to someday own and develop his own properties.
Alexis Wells Updated: October 3, 2022
Eastport mustard mill-museum makes headway toward $2M renovation
Laurie Schreiber October 2, 2022Raye's Mustard is an iconic Maine brand, and plans are underway for a museum, the Raye’s Mustard Mill Museum in Eastport.
Laurie Schreiber October 2, 2022
Meet the 2022 NextUp: 40 Under 40 honorees
September 30, 2022Introducing the Mainebiz 2022 NextUp: 40 Under 40, young leaders shaping the future of Maine.
September 30, 2022
40 Under 40: An engineer behind millions of COVID swabs
Peter Van Allen Updated: October 3, 2022Derek McKenney, director of corporate engineering at Puritan Medical Products, does community outreach to help bring more STEM education to rural Maine.
Peter Van Allen Updated: October 3, 2022
Pixelle paper mill in Jay to close, affecting 230 workers
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 21, 2022The mill has endured significant business and financial challenges, compounded by the 2020 rupture of one of its pulp digesters and catastrophic damage.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 21, 2022Film on corporate responsibility will be shown at USM
Peter Van Allen September 20, 2022"Beyond Zero" is about the steps a commercial flooring manufacturer took to make his company's products more environmentally friendly.
Peter Van Allen September 20, 2022
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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