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Kennebunk manufacturer will pay EPA fine of $140,000
Peter Van Allen August 26, 2025Under the agreement with EPA, Northeast Coating Technologies will pay a penalty of $140,000, and the company has certified that its facility is now in compliance with both state and federal regulations.
Peter Van Allen August 26, 2025
Augusta packaging maker offsets paper usage with tree-planting program
Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2025A program used by J.S. McCarthy Packaging + Print calculates paper consumption and how many trees were harvested, then plants trees in certified global reforestation projects.
Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2025
In Maine, ‘value added’ is taking on new meaning
John O’Meara Updated: August 25, 2025Fox Family Potato Chips is one of several Maine companies tackling a longstanding issue of the need for processing operations. We also talk to a grain processor in Skowhegan, a tortilla maker in Scarborough and a meat processor in Aroostook County.
John O’Meara Updated: August 25, 2025
Hire ground: Northern Maine employers hustle to attract — and keep — workers
Renee Cordes Updated: August 25, 2025Across Piscataquis County, employers in sectors from health care to manufacturing and hospitality are improvising to hire and retain employees.
Renee Cordes Updated: August 25, 2025
15 Maine companies ranked among nation's fastest-growing
Renee Cordes Updated: August 15, 2025Companies in this year's Inc. 5000 list generated a combined $300 revenue in 2024. The list includes Maine companies that span sectors from technology to construction.
Renee Cordes Updated: August 15, 2025
Here are the 2025 'Best Places to Work in Maine'
Tina Fischer August 11, 2025A total of 143 companies have been named to this year's list of the "Best Places to Work in Maine."
Tina Fischer August 11, 2025
Outstanding Women in Business: Torey Penrod-Cambra aims to take HighByte to new heights
Renee Cordes Updated: August 11, 2025The technology trailblazer is a co-founder and chief communications officer of HighByte, fast-growing Portland-based industrial software startup staffed by about 40 employees.
Renee Cordes Updated: August 11, 2025
Made in Maine: Sea Bags sets sail with sustainability as a key trait
Sloane M. Perron Updated: August 11, 2025Sea Bags is based on Custom House Wharf in Portland but does production from a 35,000-square-foot site on Cash Street in South Portland.
Sloane M. Perron Updated: August 11, 2025
York County marine trades school adds new scholarship courtesy of sister boatbuilding firms
Laurie Schreiber August 4, 2025The Landing School in Arundel will offer scholarships that give students the opportunity to train in two boat-building shops in Maine.
Laurie Schreiber August 4, 2025
Bill would give tax credits to working waterfronts at risk of natural disaster damage
Laurie Schreiber August 4, 2025The bill would help water-dependent businesses shore up coastal infrastructure against worsening storm damage.
Laurie Schreiber August 4, 2025
For Maine companies navigating tariffs, the road is about to get bumpier
Renee Cordes Updated: August 4, 2025The head of the Maine Brewers' Guild warns that the ever-changing trade landscape is "creating a climate of chaos," while the Maine State Chamber of Commerce chief is worried about the "double-punch" of tariffs and a weakening U.S. labor market.
Renee Cordes Updated: August 4, 2025
Bath Iron Works awarded contract for additional destroyer
Laurie Schreiber August 1, 2025The ship will be named after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, who received the Medal of Honor in 2014 after shielding a fellow Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan.
Laurie Schreiber August 1, 2025
Falmouth industrial manufacturer adds to global footprint with German deal
Peter Van Allen July 31, 2025Southworth International Group Inc. has acquired a German company that manufactures engineered industrial lifting equipment.
Peter Van Allen July 31, 2025
In Skowhegan, Sappi completes $500M paper mill update
Peter Van Allen July 29, 2025Sappi has 780 employees at the Somerset Mill and another 400 at sites in Westbrook and Portland.
Peter Van Allen July 29, 2025
Building modular: Factory prefab is trending in the construction industry
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025Modular and panelized construction is trending up, providing greater certainty around timelines, replicable design details and efficiencies, and making it easier to train and retain employees.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2025
Hammond Lumber to acquire Ware-Butler, expanding retail and manufacturing footprint
Renee Cordes Updated: July 22, 2025The combined company will employ more than 1,200 people across 34 retail locations in Maine and New Hampshire, according to the Belgrade-based buyer.
Renee Cordes Updated: July 22, 2025
Today's Poll
Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank
As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.
In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.
With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing.
Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.
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Groundbreaking Maine
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The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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