Street Sense

Mainebiz visits with businesses getting ready for the busy season from the town's only bookstore to a lobster hut that recently opened for its 18th season in the southern Maine tourist destination.

A Cookie Rally isn't just about fun and games, it’s about readying Girl Scout troops ahead of their biggest annual fundraiser. Here's a sweet report from an on-the-ground tagalong in Waterville.

For the second edition of Street Sense, Mainebiz Deputy Editor Renee Cordes checks out a library repair fair, where volunteers mended a range of objects in a busy three-hour shift.

Mainebiz introduces a new column by Deputy Editor Renee Cordes offering on-the-ground glimpses of small-business life in Maine.