BRUNSWICK In a small kitchen on the grounds of Scatter Good Farm on East Coxon Road, three entrepreneurs have created a product line with the goal of providing a natural alternative for people suffering from pain and anxiety. Stacy Moore, Ashley Lenz and Paul Clark IV are the founders behind Healing Harbors, a company that […]

SAN FRANCISCO A decade ago, Apple opened a store peddling iPhone apps, unlocking the creativity of software developers and letting users truly make their mobile devices their own. The resulting explosion of phone apps — there are now more than 2 million for the iPhone alone — has changed daily life for billions of people […]

Maybe it’s because I’m turning 40 in a few months, but I’ve been thinking an awful lot about my future, the relevance of our organization and where our communities are headed. Each meeting I attend as the chamber director — whether it be on economic development, community projects, workforce needs, education issues or municipal politics […]

PORTLAND — The Bicycle Coalition of Maine recently announced Main Street Skowhegan, Mahoosuc Pathways, and Kingfield Trail Builders as the recipients of this year’s BikeMaine grants, funded by the proceeds from the organization’s annual cycling tour, BikeMaine. “BikeMaine was conceived as an event that would use cycling as an economic benefit tool for local communities,” […]

UNITY — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, thanks to support from the John Merck Fund, has awarded $3,000 grants to three MOFGA-certified organic businesses: Turtle Rock Farm in Brunswick, Ripley Farm in Dover-Foxcroft and Left Field Farm in Bowdoinham. The funding will enable these businesses to access technical and consulting services to increase […]

PORTLAND — New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland recently presented several awards at its annual Employee Appreciation Day celebrations. Nancy Lizotte, CRRN, of Brunswick, received the Leadership Award, given to a member of the hospital’s leadership team who has made significant contributions during the prior year. The Leadership Award is decided by a vote of […]

BRUNSWICK The owner of Eveningstar Cinema, who in the past has warned the theater could go dark, now hopes recent renovations will breathe new life into the nearly 40-year-old business. The changes, which included replacing the marquee with a digital display, came roughly a year after Barry Norman said he may be forced to close […]

LONDON Europeans may have to cut back on their summer barbecues. A shortage of carbon dioxide that has already drawn warnings from beer makers about potential production problems is also hitting food processing companies. Scotland’s biggest pork producer said Tuesday it would run out of the gas in a week. Slaughterhouses use industrially made carbon […]

NEW YORK General Electric shed more of its major assets, announcing plans to cast away its health care business and sell its interests in the oil-services company, Baker Hughes. The company’s latest round of winnowing arrived Tuesday, the first time since 1907 that General Electric Co. will not be a member of the exclusive Dow […]

As we mentioned in the first part of this column, it’s dues renewal time for the chamber and one of my recent duties has been to write a letter to go with the dues invoice highlighting what the chamber has accomplished in the past 12 months and what the next year looks like. I figured […]