KENNEBUNKPORT  Dining in a barn by the beach sounds like a casual affair. But beneath the rafters at the elegant White Barn Inn, butter-poached smoked lobster served with crisp chardonnay by a discreet staff has set the impeccable standard for 42 years. You don’t attain five-diamond status serving pub grub, so it is interesting to […]

BURLINGTON, Mass. — North American design firm Stantec will expand its Northeast presence with the planned acquisition of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike (FST), a 280-person Burlington, Mass.-based engineering, planning and environmental firm, according to a news release. With nine offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and New York, FST complements Stantec’s fast growing team […]

PORTLAND — A Freeport business is among the Sierra Club Maine Chapter’s recently announced 2015 award winners for environmental service in three areas: Public Service for the Environment, Business Leaders for the Environment and Leadership from a Local Grassroots Group. The winners are as follows: — Public Service for the Environment: David Littell of Portland […]

BRUNSWICK — Dawn Post recently joined the Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union staff as the personal lines customer service representative with Abenaki Insurance, according to a news release. Post brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to the credit union. In her new role, she will be providing property and casualty insurance to Atlantic […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending in July climbed to its highest level in more than seven years, boosted by an increase in the building of houses, factories and power plants. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction spending rose 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.08 trillion, the highest level since […]

WASHINGTON A strong dollar and China’s economic slowdown dragged growth at U.S. factories to the lowest level since May 2013. The Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday that its manufacturing index slid to 51.1 last month from 52.7 in July. It was the second straight drop; economists had been expecting the index to rebound modestly […]

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAMBER: Not only are the children back to school, chamber members are back to a whirlwind of programs and events for the month of September. Take your pick, one or all. Guests are welcome. Go to the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber website for more details and to register for each event: www.midcoastmaine.com. […]

WATERVILLE In a tidy house on a quiet street a mile from Interstate 95, the comforting smell of toasted walnuts tantalizes through a screen door. It’s a Monday morning, and Karen Getz is starting a new batch of buckwheat, honey and blueberry crisps in her kitchen. A commercial convection oven hums in the corner. A […]