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Creative economy

  • Haines named new president, CEO of Waterville Creates!

    Staff September 1, 2016

    Waterville Creates! — a collaborate nonprofit that works hand-in-hand with area artists, cultural institutions and supporters of the arts to make the Kennebec County city an arts and culture destination — has named Shannon Haines its president and

    Staff September 1, 2016
  • Startup & Create Week hitting the road with national event series

    Staff August 22, 2016

    Maine Startup & Create Week, the annual celebration of all things entrepreneurial, will be taking its show on the road with a series of events across the country.

    Staff August 22, 2016
  • Duo including MaineToday owner purchasing Vermont newspapers

    August 15, 2016

    Reade Brower, the principal owner of MaineToday Media, and Chip Harris, co-founder of the North Haverhill, N.H.-based Upper Valley Press Inc., have entered into an agreement to purchase a pair of Vermont newspapers.

    August 15, 2016
  • Historic theater in Ogunquit has new development director

    Staff August 10, 2016

    Dan Breen, a key fundraiser at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Middlebury College, is the new director of development for The Ogunquit Playhouse.

    Staff August 10, 2016
  • IDEXX founder's donation will let Portland Museum of Art realize sculpture park

    Staff August 8, 2016

    A year-round, free outdoor sculpture garden is coming to the Portland Museum of Art in 2017.

    Staff August 8, 2016
  • Mainebiz Women to Watch alumni: Checking in on past winners

    Lori Valigra August 8, 2016

    Mainebiz's annual Women to Watch has become a who's who of female business leaders across the state. We've decided to take a look back at some of our previous honorees to see where they are today.

    Lori Valigra August 8, 2016
  • Maine tourism office awards $57K in grants

    Staff August 2, 2016

    The Maine Office of Tourism awarded grants totaling $57,675 to seven groups in the most recent round of the Tourism Enterprise Marketing Grant program.

    Staff August 2, 2016
  • Changes afoot in Portland's art scene

    July 22, 2016

    Art lovers will notice big changes in Portland's art galleries as one is sold, another is closed and a third will close next month.

    July 22, 2016
  • Moosehead Marine Museum reaps $10,000 grant

    July 21, 2016

    The Moosehead Marine Museum, which draws 7,500 visitors to the region annually, has nabbed a $10,000 grant for database upgrades.

    July 21, 2016
  • Pop-Up art gallery highlights downtown Augusta

    June 22, 2016

    Peter Precourt, a professor of art at the University of Maine at Augusta, is using a vacant storefront at 265 Water St. in the state's capital as a pop-up art gallery.

    June 22, 2016
  • Mainebiz picks up silver award in business publication contest

    Staff June 13, 2016

    Mainebiz picked up a silver award for its 2015 “Fact Book: Doing Business in Maine” in The Alliance of Area Business Publishers annual competition for newspaper and magazine business periodicals featuring 644 entries from 46 publications in the

    Staff June 13, 2016
  • A 120mph advertising spot for a South Portland company

    Staff May 20, 2016

    Billboards? Too bland. Popup advertising? That's old hat. Sponsored Facebook posts? Impersonal. Being the primary sponsor of a truck driven by a Fort Kent native in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series? That's just the sort of promotion the South

    Staff May 20, 2016
  • 'Greenlight Maine' charges into second season

    April 15, 2016

    Fans of “American Idol” looking to get their competitive television fix after the show called it a day last week might want to tune into “Greenlight Maine,” which pits some of the state's hungriest entrepreneurs against each other in a series of

    April 15, 2016
  • Birding meets beer tours with Birds on Tap

    April 14, 2016

    Tiny-house food trucks? Old news. Portland's smallest nano-brewery? That's so last week. The Portland Press Herald took a look at one of the newest developments in Maine's vibrant culinary arts scene, Birds on Tap — which combines the tradition of

    April 14, 2016
  • Tiny-house food truck could be a big hit in Portland

    April 6, 2016

    A 28-year-old chef who studied culinary arts at Southern Maine Community College and worked for a stint as a cook at the Portland-based Ri Ra Irish Pub and Restaurant is combining two unlikely trends for his latest business venture — food trucks and

    April 6, 2016
  • Finalists announced for Congress Square redesign

    March 28, 2016

    Portland's Planning & Urban Development Department has announced that it has narrowed the field down to four design teams as finalists for the Congress Square Redesign Project, after receiving a dozen submissions for the ambitious downtown

    March 28, 2016

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Do you patronize farmers' markets in Maine?
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Maine has over 100 farmers' markets offering a range of local food products.

Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets reports that unseasonably cool temperatures and a rainy early summer have not only caused issues for some crops but also for local farmers' markets. Strawberries, for instance, had a bad season. Around the state, sales at farmers' markets have been down this summer.