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Creative economy
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Gallery owner embraces changing art world
September 27, 2011Matt Welch, a former salesman and an artist who bloomed a little later in life, has opened a new art gallery in the wedge-shaped Hay Building across the street from the Portland Museum of Art and above Starbucks.
September 27, 2011TEDxDirigo speakers highlight innovation
September 12, 2011The second annual TEDxDirigo talks took place at the Portland Stage Co. on Saturday, drawing a crowd of almost 300 attendees. Eighteen presenters shared pithy remarks that matched TED's criteria of being "an idea worth spreading."
September 12, 2011
TEDx takes center stage in Portland
August 22, 2011Adam Burk is determined to disperse some of the brightest and most ambitious ideas Mainers have, from bee-keeping to preventing hate.
August 22, 2011Educators prepare northern Maine to harness the economic impact of the World Acadian Congress
August 8, 2011President, Maine delegation organizing the 2014 World Acadian Congress and director of communications, Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle
August 8, 2011
Map Adventures grows with Mt. Katahdin guide
July 18, 2011In their cottage on a quiet lane on Peaks Island, Angela Faeth and Steve Bushey regularly deliberate over the problem of which beautiful area they'll map next.
July 18, 2011Shamrock Sports agency diversifies
July 11, 2011Portland-based sports marketing agency Shamrock Sports Group has renamed itself to reflect its expansion into the entertainment business.
July 11, 2011Maine participates in a national conversation about the role of imagination in the workplace
July 11, 2011Executive director, Maine Center for Creativity, South Portland
July 11, 2011
Co-working space taps into a rising trend
June 13, 2011Portland freelancers no longer have to slave away alone in their pajamas in cramped apartments.
June 13, 2011Massachusetts PR firm opens office
June 13, 2011A Boston-based public relations firm has opened an office in Portland to focus on helping health care and human services organizations.
June 13, 2011MAINEiacs team sold, disbanded
May 31, 2011The MAINEiacs hockey team in Lewiston has been dissolved, only three days after majority owner Mark Just said he was seeking investors and other funding to keep the team afloat.
May 31, 2011MAINEiacs struggles under financial losses
May 30, 2011The Lewiston MAINEiacs hockey team is seeking additional funding and considering relocating after posting financial losses for eight consecutive seasons.
May 30, 2011
New captain launches boat charter business
May 9, 2011When she turned 39, Michele Plourde began making preparations a life change she planned for age 40. First, she quit her career working in operations software. Then she sold her house and bought a 38-foot Egg Harbor boat.
May 9, 2011SoPo approves sound stage for armory
May 3, 2011After three years of negotiations, the city of South Portland has finalized a lease with a company planning to turn the former Army National Guard armory into a movie sound stage.
May 3, 2011Hydroplaning bumper car finds first home
May 3, 2011It's been over a year since Portland-based StarFlight Amusement Rides debuted its hydroplaning bumper car at an amusement park trade show in Las Vegas in hopes of finding a buyer for the invention.
May 3, 2011Red Claws owners pitch arena plan
April 28, 2011Two of the owners of the Maine Red Claws basketball team are proposing a $100 million hotel and event center at Thompson's Point in Portland.
April 28, 2011Co. backs out of Camden 'land for jobs' deal
April 28, 2011A Milwaukee-based film company interested in taking advantage of Camden's "free land for jobs" offer and building a movie studio has backed out of the deal, citing land restrictions and hostility from some residents.
April 28, 2011
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