Kristen Miale

Amanda Rector, state economist for Maine, offered a mostly upbeat outlook on Maine's economy in 2023 at the Mainebiz "5 on the Future" event.

For the third year in a row, Maine credit unions are kicking off their annual campaign to fight hunger with a 30-day, $100,000 challenge to financial institutions, businesses and individuals to contribute.

The state's largest health care system plans to convert the former bus terminal, purchased two years ago, into a food pantry that will serve MaineHealth patients and potentially others in need.

Six award alumni share advice they would give their younger selves, leadership lessons from the pandemic and what they see as Maine's biggest economic challenge or opportunity.

The $2 million brings the Auburn-based nonprofit group closer to its goal of raising $250 million in its Campaign to End Hunger.

Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine's largest hunger-relief organization, is more than halfway toward its goal of raising $250 million in cash and food by the year 2025.

Since 1990, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger has raised more $10.4 million, including a record-breaking $960,000 in food and cash contributions last year.

Good Shepherd Food Bank awards $1.5 million to more than 400 organizations it works with statewide, while Maine Community Foundation is offering grants to nonprofits that serve disadvantaged, underserved and vulnerable communities in Maine.

The campaign aims to distribute meals to every Mainer who needs one as well as create strategies to make sure everyone in the state has access to nutritious food in the future. The initiative is one of Maine's largest non-college fundraising efforts ever.

The New Balance Foundation made grants addressing needs at public schools and Good Shepherd Food Bank, while EnviroLogix addressed the growing need for STEM education in the Portland school system.