PORTLAND Photos of a wild blueberry harvest. A radio piece about “the boogie man of Ocean Point.” A written account of the closing of Dexter Shoe factory. These are just a few of the extraordinary Maine stories that are now available to anyone with access to the Internet, thanks to a collaboration between the Salt […]

TOPSHAM At an upcoming awards banquet, the Maine Wood Products Association will present its Pine Tree Award to Little Harbor Window Co. of Berwick and its Pine Cone Award to Maine Grilling Woods LLC of Waldo. “The awards announcement and the celebration dinner is an exciting time for MWPA because it allows us to showcase […]

BRUNSWICK 1. First of all, can you please give us a little background on yourself, such as where you grew up, went to school and activities you enjoy in your spare time. I lived on a dairy farm in upstate New York much of my childhood. I perfected the lifestyle of a “tomboy” in the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell for a second month in May to the lowest level since November. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence slipped to 92.6 last month from 94.7 in April. The May reading matched the level in November. Both months were the lowest since last July. […]

BRUNSWICK The school year may be coming to an end, but now is the perfect time to stock up on summer reading material for all of the kids in your life. The Curtis Friends will be holding a Kids Book Sale on Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Twice-Told Tales used and […]

WASHINGTON U.S. home prices kept climbing in March as the spring home buying season began, but so far the higher costs haven’t thwarted sales. The Standard & Poor’s/Case- Shiller 20-city home price index increased 5.4 percent in March compared with a year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday. That is the same annual gain […]

BRUNSWICK After breaking ground in the fall behind Turner Street, Consigli Construction is slightly ahead of schedule in building the Amtrak Downeaster layover facility, thanks in part to a mild winter. Despite an initial round of opposition from some neighbors, Matt Tonello of Consigli said he hasn’t heard anything negative as the walls went up […]

MESSAGE FROM MATT BARBOUR, SMMC CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: We hope this message finds your business thriving and looking ahead to a great summer in Maine. It is with great excitement that we report the hiring of Cory King as the new executive director. You likely have seen the press releases from us […]

AUGUSTA Next Step Maine recently announced that $35,600 has been awarded to 28 Maine employees who were nominated by their employers for a 2016 Next Step Maine Employee of Promise scholarship. The program is a free statewide initiative that awards funds to Maine employees who are currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree or certificate […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Technology Users Group (MTUG) will hold its 29th annual Information Technology Summit and Tradeshow on Thursday, June 2, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland. An expected 500 IT professionals will gather to share technology experiences and the latest in techniques, […]