The Portland Development Corp. awarded 10 Portland businesses a total of $100,000 in grant funding from the city's Community Development Block Grant program. At its December meeting, the ...

Lobster 207, a co-op formed by the Maine Lobstering Union, emerged with a settlement of more than a $5 million in its favor after five years of litigation against a former CEO, Warren Pettegrow ...

The Brunswick Downtown Association, a non-profit organization, has hired Reilly Kons as its new executive director. As executive director, Kons will focus on advancing the mission to promote ...

As we embark on 2025, let’s take a moment to reflect on the hiring landscape ahead. Whether your goals include building a stronger team or navigating the ever-changing job market, now is the ...

A restaurant in Maine's second-largest city has permanently closed less than 18 months after opening. Lewiston's Bon Vivant opened for business on July 14, 2023, just three months before the ...

Plans to redesign Franklin Street, a major corridor on the Portland peninsula, got a boost this week with a $2 million grant from the federal government. The money comes from the U.S. Department ...

Portland Mayor Mark Dion used Monday's State of the City address to highlight the need for more infrastructure investment and better collaboration with local institutions of higher learning to ...

The consumer-driven U.S. economy is strong despite a housing shortage and a "big question mark" around tariffs under the incoming Trump presidency, according to a regional expert. "All in all, we ...

Howard Goldenfarb, one of Greater Portland’s most prominent developers of the past few decades, went outside of Maine to acquire two fully leased industrial properties for a total of $14.55 million.

Bank of America named Tedford Housing as its local Neighborhood Champion for its work addressing the homelessness crisis in the state’s midcoast region. The Neighborhood Champions program ...

Against a national backdrop where hospitals are ending labor and delivery services, MaineHealth was awarded a three-year, $667,330 grant to establish new rural obstetric training programs.

Heather Johnson, who has led the Maine Department of Economic and Development Agency since 2019, plans to step down on March 1, the governor’s office announced. Johnson is leaving to pursue ...