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How to make the most of QR codes in your marketing
Updated: July 14, 2025In planning your marketing materials, consider using a QR code to share more information with your target audience easier and faster, writes guest columnist Greg Glynn.
Updated: July 14, 2025
Hidden architectural features revealed at Portland's Rumery Lofts redevelopment
Updated: July 11, 2025The restoration includes original brickwork, cast stone medallions and window openings. A new metal canopy will mark the entry.
Updated: July 11, 2025
Old Port hospitality collection expands
Updated: July 11, 2025Plans are in the works to open three additional lofts this fall in a conjoining building at 184 Middle St.
Updated: July 11, 2025
Restaurant owners find ‘everything we had in mind’ in move to Kennebunk
Updated: July 11, 2025The owners and staff were able to move the entire operation in two weeks. “We had long days, cleaning and moving and carrying stuff,” said one. More customers than they imagined are coming in.
Updated: July 11, 2025
Shanna Cox leaving LA Metro Chamber to run for political office in 2026
July 11, 2025The president and CEO of the Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce announced she will be leaving the organization to prepare to run for elected office.
July 11, 2025
Share of Biddeford's Pepperell Mill complex sells for $17.5M
Updated: July 11, 2025The deal includes 464,000 square feet of space across 13 buildings. There are plans to redevelop 100,000 square feet of vacant industrial space.
Updated: July 11, 2025
Dollar store or bust? Renys Portland store hits the market, fueling speculation about next occupant
Updated: July 11, 2025Located near the Maine College of Art and Design, Renys has long been an anchor business and employer in the neighborhood, selling clothing, household goods and non-perishable food items.
Updated: July 11, 2025
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Wealth advisory practice doubles its space in Scarborough
Updated: July 7, 2025Hughes Wealth Advisors will move into new space at the Downs in Scarborough after outgrowing its previous location.
Updated: July 7, 2025
Greater Portland Realtors help fund bike trail pavilion in Gorham
Updated: July 7, 2025The board received a $7,500 grant from the National Association of Realtors and raised donations from members and affiliate partners for the project.
Updated: July 7, 2025
Nation’s oldest lobster processor files for bankruptcy relief, seeks new owner
July 3, 2025Portland-based Cozy Harbor Seafood said its decision is best understood in the context of broader market forces that have strained the sector in recent years.
July 3, 2025
Portland chamber urges 'immediate action' on downtown cleanup, safety measures
July 2, 2025A petition, addressed to Mayor Mark Dion and City Council members ahead of two regularly scheduled meetings on July 14, demands “swift, coordinated action to restore safety, cleanliness and vitality."
July 2, 2025
Gorham will again offer capital expenditure grants for businesses and farms
July 2, 2025The competitive grant program is designed to help businesses fund a single capital purchase — such as equipment, technology or facility upgrades — that will help drive expansion, increase production or enhance market reach.
July 2, 2025
Fewer rural Maine moms get paid leave, study shows
July 2, 2025Maine passed a Paid Family and Medical Leave law in 2023 that will provide parents with 12 weeks of paid leave after childbirth, fostering or adoption, though the law will not go into effect until mid 2026.
July 2, 2025
New Patriot Acura dealership in Scarborough built on relationships — and persistence
July 2, 2025Adam Arens operates Patriot Subaru in Saco and has now expanded his portfolio with a 22,000-square-foot Acura dealership in Scarborough, one of the largest for that brand in the U.S.
July 2, 2025
Independence Day road travel set to break records
July 2, 2025At least 72 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the July 4th holiday, according to AAA.
July 2, 2025
Downeast boatbuilder Hinckley opens satellite carpentry shop closer to larger labor market
July 2, 2025In Trenton, Hinckley turns out 35 boats per year. The larger labor market around Topsham brought 10 hires so far, with more expected.
July 2, 2025
MTI to vet 5 proposals for Maine life sciences hub
Updated: July 2, 2025The planned "wet lab" and business incubator would offer shared-use equipment to facilitate the use of liquids and biological materials for testing, experiments and product development.
Updated: July 2, 2025A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate leases from June 2025
Updated: July 2, 2025Every week in the Thursday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate leases. Here are the leases published in June 2025.
Updated: July 2, 2025
Hannaford shores up cyber defenses after breach
Updated: July 2, 2025More than 95,000 Maine residents were affected by last November's data breach at the Scarborough-based grocery retailer.
Updated: July 2, 2025
Why Maine employers should rethink primary care
Updated: July 3, 2025Primary care is rarely treated like the high-value asset it is. It should be where access begins, trust is built and long-term costs are managed, writes guest columnist Matt Rector.
Updated: July 3, 2025
Bath Area YMCA makes promotion for interim CEO role
July 1, 2025Amy Vendt, who has served as the COO at the Bath Area YMCA for two years, steps in on an interim basis to replace Rob Gray, who left for a YMCA post in Alabama.
July 1, 2025
Displaced workers in six Maine counties can receive job training through $2M federal grant
July 1, 2025Nearly 1,200 workers in the state’s coastal communities were laid off in 2024, largely in the retail, food service and manufacturing sectors.
July 1, 2025
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