BRUNSWICK Coastal Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization, will offer the homebuyer education class on Saturday, Feb. 11 and 18, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at CEI, 30 Federal St., Brunswick. Attend CEI’s class provides more information about programs, such as Maine Housing’s Home Assist Program that offers $3,500 in closing cost assistance. […]

HALLOWELL E2Tech will host state air, land, water and waste, and other senior leaders from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to discuss environmental and regulatory challenges and goals for the year ahead. The gathering will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 7:30-10 a.m., at the Maple Hill Farm Conference Center, 11 Inn Road, […]

WATERVILLE Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers recently announced that the Harold Alfond Foundation has awarded the nonprofit with a $400,000 grant to support the agency’s Sharon Abrams Teen Parent School Program endowment fund. The teen parent school, founded in 1974, is an alternative high school program open to pregnant and parenting teens across Maine. […]

KINGFIELD Maine Huts & Trails, a nonprofit that operates a system of backcountry trails and eco-lodges in Maine’s western mountains, recently announced that Carolann Ouellette has taken over as executive director. “We are thrilled to welcome Carolann Ouellette to Maine Huts & Trails,” said board chairman Bob Peixotto. Peixotto said that eight months ago the […]

TOPSHAM From health and fitness to adjusting budgets and expenditures, January is the season for smart changes. U.S. Cellular associates will help smartphone users get set up for success during a free device workshop in Topsham. Participants do not need to be U.S. Cellular customers to attend. “Our associates are always available to assist anyone […]

MINNEAPOLIS In sheer numbers, millennials may soon rule the workplace. But new research indicates that the crushing amount of student loan debt they have incurred will rule key life milestones (i.e., marriage, children and homeownership) and affect their level of engagement at work. While student loan debt impacts millennials of all ages and backgrounds, women […]

Most people see the chamber of commerce as advocates for business. That is what we are known for. It’s a common misconception, though, as we are not champions of nameless, faceless businesses — we are champions of people. Behind every business success and every triumph in a community are hard-working, determined idealists, doing all they […]

AUBURN Thos. Moser, handmade American furniture, recently announced its Hartford Collection including a sofa, side table, coffee table and media case, Hartford lounge chair and Hancock chair, all designed by Director of Design Adam Rogers, and its Portland chair, designed for Thos. Moser by Ben Klebba of Phloem Studio in Stevenson, Washington, have won 2016 […]

BRUNSWICK John Karonis, a Mainer who retired three years ago but has found a rebirth in culinary arts, has teamed up with his family to bring a unique blend of spices and cooking accessories to Midcoast Maine. Together with his wife, Cari, and daughters Erin and Anne, Karonis has fulfilled a lifelong dream of improving […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Jobs were vanishing by the thousands when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon took office in the midst of the greatest recession in decades. So when an agricultural company decided to build a soybean processing facility in southeast Missouri, Nixon pounced on the potential of 50 new jobs, proclaiming that it was “precisely the […]