BRUNSWICK — The Maine Technology Institute recently awarded $68,000 to the Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society in support of research and development targeting greenhouse technologies for a pilot project to increase year-round agriculture in Maine. The award was funded through MTI’s Cluster Initiative Program, which is designed to boost high-potential technology-intensive clusters and fund the work […]

HALLOWELL — Efficiency Maine has expanded its appliance rebate program to include rebates for additional appliances through June 2013. Now included in the program are high-efficiency electric water heaters, room air conditioners, room air purifiers and freezers. The program continues to offer rebates for the purchase of Energy Star-certified dehumidifiers, clothes washers and refrigerators. According […]

WISCASSET — The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is presenting its second annual Dinner and Awards Banquet at Ft. Hill Grange in Wiscasset on Thursday, Feb. 7. The speaker will be Wiscasset selectman Ed Polewarczyk, former director of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Program, who will be speaking on “Lessons from the Space Program on Economic […]

TOPSHAM — Office Solutions ME has joined forces with Luma Coaching to offer entrepreneurs and business owners both the will and the way to achieve more. Jodi Flynn of Luma Coaching works one-on-one, helping with setting goals and identifying the default tendencies getting in the way of business growth. During this process, Kathrine Farris of […]

AUGUSTA — Efficiency Maine has hired Anne Stephenson to serve as communications specialist, supporting Efficiency Maine’s communications needs, energy efficiency outreach, and education and information programs. Stephenson was most recently a Maine-based energy efficiency communications and education consultant. She previously worked at Clean Air-Cool Planet as an adviser to colleges linking oncampus carbon management to […]

TOPSHAM — Benjamin Grant, an attorney at McTeague Higbee, is now practicing workers’ compensation law under the State Workers’ Compensation and Federal Longshore acts in Central and Mid-coast Maine. Grant’s areas of practice now stretch from Waterville to Skowhegan and up to Millinocket. He will also serve the Mid-coast area in both Lincoln and Knox […]

It’s the last place you’d expect to find a holistic health counselor, but Miss Tilly’s Phillies (as in cheesesteaks slathered with Cheez Whiz sauce) is a dream come true for Kristin Murphy. Murphy opened the restaurant in October with Pam Hollingshead, the breakfast cook she worked with at Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen in Freeport. “I’ve […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration recently launched a new web page and blog dedicated to educating small business owners about the Affordable Care Act. The new tools will serve as a gateway for small business owners, connecting them with information provided by SBA’s federal partners responsible for implementing the law, including the U.S. […]

AUGUSTA — Improved fiscal management at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will save Mainers millions of dollars this year when they fill up on fuel to heat their homes and power their cars. For the first time in seven years, DEP has turned off the 20 cent per barrel surcharge on gasoline imported into […]