BRUNSWICK — Southern Maine Community College, with campuses in South Portland and Brunswick, is launching a new program that will train students and offer a degree in one of the fastest-growing fields in information technolog y. The new Computer Information Security (CIS) program will advance information security education and strengthen Maine’s cybersecurity and information security […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine Technology Institute recently announced two changes to its leadership team. Suzanne Hamlin has been appointed interim director of MTI’s Business Ventures Group, the team that assists technology ventures with a variety of grants and loans. Hamlin currently heads the Transformative Knowledge Group, a Portland firm that provides a wide variety of […]

BRUNSWICK W hen Jill Jacobs opened The Mix at 53 Maine St. in the fall of 2012, she didn’t know how she was going to make it work. She just knew she was going to. “I had faith,” she explained. “I knew I would be OK.” In her new location, known to locals as the […]

President Obama speaks about the economy

Staff writer Bob Keyes talks about Katherine Bradford’s new exhibit at Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

WISCASSET — The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum is hosting the next Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event on Thursday, May 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at 97 Cross Road in Alna. Steve Zuppa will be firing up one of the trains for a tour of Alna by rail. The […]

BRUNSWICK — After 35 years of service, Bob Naegely of Berrie’s Optical & Hearing Aid Center will be retiring in 2014. While Naegely will be greatly missed by his patients and friends in the Brunswick area, he is looking forward to spending more time with his wife and family at their home. Dr. Anna Strange […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Target has fired the president of its troubled Canadian operations, Tony Fisher, and is replacing him with a 15-year U.S. company veteran. The executive shakeup in Canada comes two weeks after the abrupt resignation of Target’s CEO and Chairman Gregg Steinhafel. The third-largest U.S. retailer announced Tuesday that Mark Schindele, 45, […]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE: I believe it’s safe to say, spring has arrived (finally!). As we enjoy the budding trees and early flowers, it’s a good time to freshen up our business and business contacts. With our Main(e) Streets receiving national recognition combined with a quality of life which makes us the envy of many, […]