Oakland

The Waterville-based economic development agency is one of just 10 organizations in the U.S. picked to join the 2020 Rural Innovation Initiative, which helps rural communities create digital economy jobs with an innovation hub strategy.

The Longfellow Hotel and proposed Munjoy Hill Historic District are also on the planning board's Dec. 10 agenda. In Augusta, planners consider rezoning part of a historic neighborhood to limit business development.

The Oakland technology and commerce campus is marketing itself globally, and this week hosted the Boston consul general from the Republic of Korea, who spent two days in the Waterville area talking to business leaders.

Planning is underway for the upgrade to 75 miles of railroad track that will make Maine more competitive economically, state officials say.

The Clough & Pillsbury building in Rumford and McGlashan-Nickerson house in Calais were both on the 2018 Maine Preservation Endangered Historic Places list, but now both are getting second chances.

Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, said Friday he has accepted an offer from the Trump administration to serve as chairman of the Securities Investor Protection Corp., in Washington, D.C.

Maine Technology Group, a provider of managed IT, cybersecurity and hardware solutions for small and medium-size businesses, has moved its headquarters from Winslow to a new, larger location at 835 Kennedy Memorial Drive in Oakland.

OAKLAND — Nearly two decades after the FirstPark business park opened on 285 acres of former farmland and...

The 285-acre Oakland-based business campus, FirstPark, has announced a partnership with the Portland-based commercial real estate company, SVN The Urbanek Group, to spur development at the Kennebec Regional Development Authority owned and operated business park.

A former employee at the T-Mobile call center in Oakland said she plans to sue the company in federal court for prohibiting her from discussing a sexual harassment complaint she made against a supervisor, the Morning Sentinel reported Tuesday.