TOPSHAM Wicked Joe President and CEO Bob Garver and his wife, Carmen, started their fair-trade, organic coffee business in 2004. They roasted coffee themselves and had no employees, but had faith that their business would catch on. Although Wicked Joe has since grown into a nationwide distributor, with international coffee farming partners in Central and […]

With social media we have more ways to connect with one another than has been possible for previous generations. You can reconnect with people you worked with 30 years ago, or those friends you thought you would never “see” again after high school. So why do we feel so disconnected to those around us? One […]

BRUNSWICK The Midcoast’s newest brewery opened last Thursday at Brunswick Landing, continuing a trend of new businesses revitalizing the former military base. Flight Deck Brewing has moved into the former small arms shooting range on Atlantic Avenue, and will be putting the surrounding swath of land to use with a patio and lawn area for […]

TOKYO Troubled Japanese nuclear and electronics company Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it was considering selling its money-losing Westinghouse operations in the U.S. President Satoshi Tsunakawa said the company was looking at selling its majority stake in Westinghouse and making a priority trying to get the energy giant’s battered results off its books. “We want to […]

This is the year I hit my limit with the winter weather. It’s not so much the snow and shoveling as it is that arctic air that has been whipping us daily since March began. However, my meteorology friends promise me that this storm was the last one for the season, and so with more […]

PORTLAND — U.S. Cellular recently named Gerry Wilson as the business area sales manager for the New England region, including the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Wilson directs the sales efforts of his business team, helping to deliver solution-based mobile technologies for small- and medium sized businesses, including mobile device management, machine-to-machine, Internet […]

PORTLAND — Helen and Bob Johnson recently announced the opening of their new business, Caring Transitions of Coastal Maine. Caring Transitions is a resource for managing senior relocations, as well as downsizing and estate liquidations. In addition to organizing, packing, de-cluttering, moving and resettling, Caring Transitions can handle estate sales, liquidations and preparing homes for […]

WISCASSET — A free workshop on marketing, social media and branding for small businesses will be held on Thursday, March 9, from 9:30- 11 a.m., at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission office at 297 Bath Road in Wiscasset. The workshop will feature Dream Local Digital founder Shannon Kinney; Kris Folsom, marketing and communications director […]

BRUNSWICK — Atlantic Federal Credit Union recently launched its 2017 college scholarship program to members who are graduating from high school. The program offers seniors the chance to be awarded one $7,500 scholarship, one $2,500 scholarship, one $1,000 scholarship or one of eight $500 scholarships. To be considered for the scholarships, all applicants must fill […]

BRUNSWICK — At Last … Salon & Day Spa will be hosting a bake sale on May 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and May 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with all proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Maine Foundation. There also will be a silent auction in August to benefit the foundation. The […]