PORTLAND – MaineToday Media CEO Richard L. Connor announced his resignation from the company Friday and will step down on Dec. 31. Dale Duncan, MaineToday president since July, also resigned, effective Friday. MaineToday, which owns The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Coastal Journal, […]

Through the windows of his shop in the Old Port, Bard Coffee co-owner Jeremy Pelkey has a front-row view of drug deals and fistfights.

It all happens, he says, in adjacent Tommy’s Park.

Pelkey and other business and property owners in the Old Port say they saw an alarming increase in crime, homelessness and general indecency in Tommy’s Park and nearby Post Office Park this summer. Those observations are reflected in police records.

Maine’s job growth remains flatlined and shows no signs of regaining health any time soon

PORTLAND – Even though overall numbers show that Maine’s job picture hasn’t improved in the past year, many companies say they are hiring. But executives say a “skills gap” forces them to recruit and hire workers from out of state because they can’t find qualified applicants locally. “We have lots of workers on unemployment insurance who […]