Belgrade

Gagne & Son, which is based in Belgrade, has appointed Conor Cooper as CEO. He has worked in the industry for more than two decades and is a graduate of Colby College.

Construction season didn't stop some downtown retailers from making the best of the situation.

Renee Cunningham, owner and founder of Oliver & Friends Bookshop, plans to open the new space in April at 150 Main St. 

After the Dec. 18 storm knocked out power to some half a million Maine customers, by Friday the power companies were addressing the last outages. Restaurants pitched in to provide 5,600 lunches for utility crews.

Craig Larrabee began his career at JMG as a classroom specialist in 1993, the same year JMG was founded. He was named president and CEO by JMG's board of directors in 2005.

The purchase of a building supplies company in Rochester, N.H., brings Hammond Lumber's brick-and-mortar presence beyond Maine for the first time.

Construction costs have surged during the pandemic, with labor costs up about 30% and material costs up more than 25%.

Under the placid exterior of northwest Kennebec County's idyllic Belgrade Lakes Region, pandemic-driven buyers are hungry for waterfront homes, clouding the 'Golden Pond' ideal with the realities of the small-town market.

Grants ranging from $6,000 to $10,000 are available to help municipalities and nonprofits strengthen community tree planting and maintenance efforts.

Tukey Brothers Inc. had been for sale for two years and approached Hammond, which has seen record-setting sales growth in 2020 amid a surge in home improvement projects.