U.S. Cellular hosting free device workshop TOPSHAM — On Tuesday, April 28, from 9 to 10 a.m., at 11 Winners Circle in Topsham, U.S. Cellular is offering a free device workshop where current or potential smartphone users can ask questions and learn about any device they are interested in. The workshop is open to everyone, […]

NEWBURGH Len Price is tall and serene, with an easygoing smile and weathered hands. Twenty-nine years ago, he tapped his first maple tree. A proud, hardworking man with a passion for nature, he cross-country skis the many trails on his property every morning, taking time to check out the condition of the powder-blue tubing crisscrossing […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The publisher of “Guitar Hero” is readying a comeback tour. Activision Blizzard Inc. announced plans Tuesday to resurrect the once-popular video game franchise, which involved players rhythmically tapping guitar-shaped controllers along to music. The new entry scheduled for release this fall is titled “Guitar Hero Live” and introduces a redesigned […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings surged in February to a 14-year high, yet employers filled fewer of those jobs than in the previous month. On a brighter note, the Labor Department also said Tuesday that layoffs fell sharply. Taken together, the figures suggest that signs of a stumbling economy have prompted U.S. businesses to […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: “It’s hard to shake hands and be hostile.” — Sandra Day O’Connor, explaining why the Supreme Court justices have the ritual of shaking hands before going into court, according to the Wickedly Fun Dictionary of Business. The most common place for a business handshake is during the time allocated […]

ORONO It should come as no surprise that traveling long distances can be as physically taxing on animals as it is on people. That’s why lobster dealers, who often ship live lobsters on planes across oceans and continents, sometimes give their lobsters a physical checkup before putting them on planes. At the University of Maine, […]

BRUNSWICK Pemco Holdings LLC, an investor and developer of energy efficiency projects, in partnership with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, announced in late March the completion of the Brunswick Landing LED Street Lighting Improvement Project at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The project, which pioneered the use of dimming controls on public street lighting […]

WESTBROOK From recent shoutouts in Bon Appetit to four-page spreads in Martha Stewart’s Living, Black Dinah Chocolatiers has had no shortage of good press. But in the eight years the company’s husband and wife team has been hand-dipping gourmet truffles, there has been a lack of space and access to new customers. No more. This […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices continued to rise at a steady pace in January, as the housing market deals with affordability problems and few properties listed for sale. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 4.6 percent in January compared with 12 months earlier, S&P said Tuesday. That is up from growth […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber’s third annual Hacker’s Ball Golf Tournament is Friday, May 8 at the Brunswick Golf Club, 165 River Road, Brunswick. Proceeds benefit the chamber’s various education initiatives that reinvest in our businesses and communities. Tournament sign-in on May 8 begins at 8 a.m. and the […]