Carol Coultas

Portfolio: Supply and demand rule local airfares, housing history repeats,  and know your brick

From Southwest to Portland to Lewiston …

Of note: UMaine has had a substantial increase in the number of students majoring in chemical engineering.

Two Maine biotech companies reached significant milestones recently, but in markedly different ways.

A Turkish yogurt-lime cake brings back sweet memories.

Three UMaine grads develop an app to help track wandering patients, and a Northeast Bank executive is named to a national board.

The grocers are consistent and their interpretations of the new tax rules seem to favor consumers.

Meanwhile, UMaine wants to connect the brightest college students with exciting, growing Maine companies.

Delta Air Lines also touts the state’s attractiveness to travelers, while Olympia Snowe and journalist Cynthia McFadden encourage young leaders.

Experts provide advice and strategies for improving the gender balance in board rooms.

The Sea Bags company is named Maine retailer of the year, and a key shaper of Auburn’s economy is ending an accomplished career.