NORWOOD, Ohio Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as “a GREAT employee.” But it’s all nostalgia. […]

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending an entrepreneur’s panel hosted by the Midcoast Edge. For those that are unaware, the Midcoast Edge is a young professionals group that generates 8-15 opportunities per year for young professionals in our region to connect with one another. This panel discussion provided a great […]

LISBON The town of Lisbon held a ribboncutting ceremony last month for a new ice cream business. Tyler Angell, the owner of Smiley’s, comes from a family of ice cream lovers. When his mother was in high school, she worked at the Cote’s family ice cream shop in Lewiston. Years later, Tyler’s parents Russell and […]

SAN FRANCISCO These days, the price of a San Francisco home can easily top a million dollars. But one savvy investor has bought up a whole street in the city’s most exclusive neighborhood for a mere $90,000. Trouble is, some of the extremely wealthy residents of Presidio Terrace were not aware their street was up […]

A common joke I have with my out-of-state relatives and friends, particularly those who reside in warmer climates, is “if living in Maine were easy, everybody would do it.” And it’s true, four-season living isn’t easy. We shovel, we plow, we sand, we salt, we weed, we seed, we mow, we whack, we rake, we […]

BRUNSWICK Jenn Legnini, chef and owner of Turtle Rock Farm craft cannery in Brunswick, was raised on a Pennsylvania farm, where her Southern grandmother and Italian grandfather would hang handmade pasta on the backyard clothesline to dry. Although her grandmother, Ruth, understood a hardy and self-sufficient way of life — where you grow and preserve […]

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of “Obamacare” could put the government in a tricky legal situation. Legal experts say he’d be handing insurers a solid court case, while undermining his own leverage to compel Democrats to negotiate, especially if premiums jump […]

BRUNSWICK — Author and real estate investor, Kenneth Rosen, discusses his book, “Investing in Income Properties,” and shares his formula for building real estate wealth, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 6:30 pm, at Curtis Memorial Library. Registration not required. For more information, visit curtislibrary.com or contact the reference desk at (207) 725-5242 ext. 510. Rosen is the […]

I had the great fortune to get interviewed the other day for a Maine-based podcast about community theater. Though for the most part I try to keep my life as the Executive Director of the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber, separate from my hobby of community theater, there are times when the two get entwined. Towards […]