York County

Spurling Fitness will take over the former Pizza Joint in the busy Mill Creek neighborhood of South Portland. Spurling has other sites in Kennebunk and Scarborough.

Silver Cannabis Co. will open its Parsonsfield location on Jan. 16.

Derek Volk, the CEO of Volk Packaging, expects “more growth in 2026,” but he continues to sound the theme that “Maine continues to be a be an extremely challenging state to do business.”

Marty Grohman, entrepreneur and seasoned politician, says the 2026 elections — with two U.S. House seats, a Senate seat and the governor’s office — “will dominate attention and suck the oxygen out of economic discussions."

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard project distinguished Cheyenne as the first submarine to undergo an overhaul as part of a program that extended its total service life beyond 44 years.

“This portfolio checked a lot of boxes for our client,” said the buyer’s broker. “It offers immediate scale in a tight residential market, along with the ability to unlock further value through thoughtful investment.”

After more than two decades of planning, the Saco School Department and the city of Saco have broken ground on two new elementary schools, expected to be operational in 2028.

Students will receive baseline training in substance-use disorders and opioid use disorder.

Sanford is one of the top communities in Maine for solar installation, with about 90 megawatts of installed capacity — second in the state only to Farmington. 

A California brewer will be the keynote speaker at the New England Craft Brew Summit on Friday, March 6.