SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College recently announced it has hired award-winning journalist Clarke Canfield as its director of Communications. In his role, Canfield will manage the school’s internal and external communications and serve as the college spokesman. Canfield has more than 30 years experience as a writer and editor at daily newspapers, magazines […]

PORTLAND The women who will appear, wearing colorful or lacy underwear, in advertisements for Portland’s new lingerie store are not supermodels from Los Angeles. They’re local customers. Andrea King, owner of the bra fitting and fine lingerie boutique shop Aristelle, said 85 percent of all women are wearing the wrong size bra. So her implied […]

PORTLAND — On Friday, Dec. 20, Gritty McDuff ’s will celebrate its 25th anniversary in style. Richard Pfeffer and Ed Stebbins will host an open house at Maine’s original brew pub on Fore Street in Portland starting at 4 p.m. From 4 until 6:30 p.m., there will be free appetizers, live music and a special […]

DETROIT (AP) — The holiday weekend was good to U.S. automakers, as sales reports indicate the auto industry is on track to beat strong numbers from a year ago. Chrysler’s U.S. sales rose a surprising 16 percent in November, while General Motors posted a 14 percent gain. Toyota sales rose 10 percent, Nissan was up […]

FORT KENT Few things embody the sights, scents or sentiments of the holiday season better than a freshly cut Maine Christmas tree. “Things are looking pretty good,” according to Gaye Richards, a Mapleton tree farmer and president of the Maine Christmas Tree Association. “My sales over the last three days are bigger than the same […]

BRUNSWICK — A forum presented by E2Tech titled “Brunswick Landing — Accelerating an Innovative & Renewable Future” will be held on Thursday, Dec. 19, from 7:30 to 10 a.m., at the SMCC Midcoast Campus at Brunswick Landing, 19 Sewall St. When Brunswick Naval Air Station closed in 2011, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) sprang […]

RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Dec. 3. New this week: commodities, bank rates Commodities This Last Last week week year Heating oil # 21. $3.57 $3.55 — Propane2 . 3.05 3.01 — Gas, unlead3 . 3.40 3.41 3.54 Kerosene1 . 3.96 3.95 — Firewood, dry4 235 235 215 Hard lobster, […]

PORTLAND — Ways in which commercial fishermen, aquaculturists and those in the tourism industry can work together to create greater economic success will be the focus of three workshops offered by Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Lobster Institute, Island Institute and Maine Aquaculture Association. The workshops will […]