MILWAUKEE (AP) — Small engine maker Briggs & Stratton Co. has introduced a fuel additive that it says will help prevent problems in gasoline engines using ethanol. Petroleum companies use a 10 percent blend of ethanol to comply with federal renewable fuels standards. Briggs & Stratton officials said ethanol attracts moisture, which creates problems in […]

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — The Shaw’s supermarket chain says it is closing six underperforming stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The stores scheduled to close by early next month are in Fall River, Fairhaven, Stoughton and Taunton in Massachusetts, and Westerly and Woonsocket in Rhode Island. The West Bridgewater, Mass.-based chain said the stores […]

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: From my perspective, one of the biggest challenges in Maine is the absence of true leaders in our communities, regions, and at the state level: people who are willing to do the right thing for the right reasons regardless of how popular their decisions might be. I know we have a lot of […]

PORTLAND — Cameron Moore, site coordinator for Family Focus’ Hawthorne Before and After School Program, and Susan Baker, school-age site coordinator for Family Focus’ Before and After School Program at Harpswell Community School, have been awarded the Youth Development Credential I by Maine Roads to Quality: Early Care and Education Professional Development Network at the […]

EAST BOOTHBAY — Entrepreneur, engineer, and philanthropist Dr. Ed Bosarge will lead Bigelow Laboratory’s July 16 Café Scientifique discussion, titled “Renewable Energy on Islands in the Exumas Island Chain,” beginning at 6 p.m. at the laboratory’s Ocean Science and Education Campus at 60 Bigelow Drive in East Boothbay. Bosarge will talk about renewable energy design […]

BATH — Coastal Dialysis, located at 55 Congress Ave. in Bath, was recently recognized by its company, Fresenius Medical Care, as a Center of Excellence, Platinum-level, for achieving the highest standards in patient care in 2012, according to a news release. The annual awards recognize the best performing FMC dialysis facilities nationwide. Bath is a […]

FREEPORT — The Maine Innkeepers Education Foundation, affiliated with the Maine Innkeepers Association, recently presented 11 Maine students with hospitality scholarships at the ninth annual Tees & Textbooks gala dinner in Portland. The foundation scholarships are designed to inspire and offer partial support to students pursuing hospitality careers. A total of 260 students have been […]

PORTLAND — At its June meeting, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) board of directors elected the following officers: President, Drew Sigfridson of Portland, CBRE/The Boulos Company; vice president, Anne Littlefield of Scarborough, Dead River Properties; vice president, Michael O’Reilly of Scarborough, Bangor Savings Bank; vice president, Paul Peck of North Yarmouth, Drummond […]

Local developer and commercial real estate powerhouse Jim Howard remembers his first job, working 45 hours per week managing two local gas stations while still going to high school. Howard, now president and CEO of the Topsham-based Priority Group, LLC, owns 27 real estate holding companies and the operating company that owns and runs the […]