Interactive: MTI funds $580K in grants, loans

The Maine Technology Institute has provided 29 Maine-based ventures over $580,000 in grants and loans in its latest round of funding.The institute...

Fed cuts to close senior service agency on Fridays

A Bangor-based agency serving seniors and disabled people will cut Fridays from its work week in response to federal budget cuts that the organization's leaders say left few other...

Maine Lottery halts 'provocative' marketing plan

The Maine State Lottery has scuttled a plan to rebrand some of its instant scratch tickets as "Kwikies," a word some vendors said was uncomfortably close to slang term for a brief sexual...

Allen's still No. 1 as competition grows

The competition is growing for Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy, though the drink is still, by far, Maine's preferred alcoholic beverage.The

Table games 8% of Hollywood Casino gambling revenue

Bangor's Hollywood Casino reported its table gaming expansion has, in its first year, generated $7.6 million for the Pennsylvania-based company.The

5 registered in Blaine House race

Five candidates have registered to make a run for the Blaine House next year, including Gov. Paul LePage and independent Eliot Cutler, who faced each other in 2010.

CEO David Desjardins leads Acadia FCU to prosperity

David Desjardins doesn't have anything against technology; he just prefers to conduct business face-to-face.

Maine syrup makers brace for widespread variability

While most Mainers enjoy the kickoff of the state's maple season in late February or early March, Eric Ellis's syrup season kicked off in late January, with his workers...