HARPSWELL Ashley Griset and John Profenno are bringing years of experience in the food service industry to Holbrook’s Wharf + Grille and General Store. Griset and Profenno currently manage food service operations at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, serving as general manager and executive chef, respectively. The two oversee a 45-person team which […]

DETROIT Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor. But if President Donald Trump delivers on threats to slap 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles and components, there will be far fewer big rigs heading to […]

What is a chamber of commerce? Some say we’re a tourism group, and we are — we try to create events and support events that bring tourists. Some say we’re a business group, and we are — we have businesses that pay dues to be represented by us. Some say we’re a political group, and […]

AUBURN Thos. Moser, maker of handcrafted American furniture, recently announced that former Bristol Seafood co-founder Darrell Pardy has become the company’s vice president and chief operating officer. Thos. Moser President and CEO Aaron Moser made the announcement to employees in early June at the company’s Auburn headquarters. “Darrell comes to our organization with over 30 […]

BRUNSWICK Matthew DeFio has been trying to get out of the service industry for three years. And he’s succeeded, sort of. After years of cooking in local restaurants, DeFio, a Brunswick native, formally launched his own fresh pasta company, Il Dono, or “the gift,” last December. Il Dono offers fresh and frozen pasta, handmade by […]

This is a bit odd. What is below is a Q&A section that looks like an interview you would see in any number of magazines. Except this is me questioning me. You see, as the executive director of the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber, I get a wide range of questions from travelers, businesses and citizens […]

MaryAnne Kinney, whose family owns Kinney’s Sugarhouse in Knox, is planning her own one-woman march on Washington, D.C., this month to protest a proposed federal regulation that would require maple syrup labels to indicate the product contains “added sugar.” Maple syrup is naturally high in sugar — so high it triggers the new requirement, which […]

PORTLAND — E2Tech recently appointed Melissa Winne as the organization’s new executive director. Winne will formally lead E2Tech (Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine) and move the organization’s vision forward by directing initiatives to build connections, provide valuable information and resources, and continue growing Maine’s cleantech economy. She will drive promotion of the organization […]

AUGUSTA — Katie Spiridakis, marketing and communications manager at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, was unanimously voted in as a board member at the Maine Tourism Association’s Annual Meeting last month in Lewiston. “Katie will be a terrific new voice for our board,” said Chris Fogg, CEO, of MTA. “She knows how to successfully navigate […]

Mark Hibbard wasn’t even thinking about the environment when he decided he’d had enough of plastic straws and cocktail stirrers. The bar manager at Bramhall Pub on Congress Street in Portland has lost count of the number of sinks he’s had to tear apart to clear up a clog of plastic stirrers. As for the […]