Kennebunk

Matt Early, senior vice president and director of commercial banking, has been named as chief commercial officer.

It takes tens of thousands of workers to cater to the nearly 10 million visitors who will spend billions of dollars during Maine’s summer and fall tourist seasons. To fill those jobs, businesses do anything and everything they can.

Ryan Deane, of South Portland-based Deane Design & Build, creates homes and other structures that incorporate salvaged wood he’s rescued from barns and buildings destined for demolition.

Rocky's Ace Hardware, a 100-year-old family-owned chain based in Springfield, Mass., will add to its Maine footprint with the purchase of Kenebunk Ace Hardware in York County.

Cottage Advisors Home Builders, based in Kennebunk, has started construction on the first two buildings, anticipated to be completed this summer.

The auction is expected to take place on-site at the camping resort on Thursday, March 5, at 1 p.m., at 277 Mills Road, U.S. Route 9 in Kennebunkport. 

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.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care operations and professional services firms in Maine.

U.S. News & World Report evaluated some 15,000 nursing homes nationwide, assessing both short-term and long-term care models.

Some 600 lots of art and furnishings are to be sold in an auction before the historic home changes hands for the first time in 26 years.