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Creative economy
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National limelight boosts Crooked House
December 21, 2009Tripling sales due in part to exposure on two highly viewed television shows has helped Portland's Kids Crooked House Co. move to new digs and enter several high-profile partnerships.
December 21, 2009Flights of fancy
December 14, 2009You might expect to find insect likenesses filling every corner of the home studio of an artist labeled “the bug guy” (a name that has always irked him, but that he’s come to accept). Not so with South Portland artist Mike Libby.
December 14, 2009Stairway to heaven | A Down East solution to a matter of life and death
December 14, 2009Nate Tuttle awoke one morning to find that his wife, Effy, had died right there in bed beside him sometime during the night. To be sure, he administered the “foggy mirror” test.
December 14, 2009Red Claws tap sponsorships
December 7, 2009The combination of lobster and beer proved too irresistible for Gritty McDuff's. The Portland-based brewer has frothed up a new beer called Red Claws Ale in honor of Portland's popular new basketball team.
December 7, 2009Better branding | A new initiative shifts the economic focus to what Maine does well
November 30, 2009“Charting the Course” is written by GrowSmart Maine, a Portland nonprofit that promotes and encourages new ways of thinking about Maine’s future.
November 30, 2009South Portland artist makes luxe gift list
November 16, 2009A South Portland artist who outfits real insect specimens with watch components is gaining national notoriety after his work was selected as an extravagant gift by Neiman Marcus.
November 16, 2009Paving the way | Flagging investment in Maine's infrastructure costs in numerous ways
November 16, 2009Last week, the Washington, D.C., think tank TRIP, or The Road Information Program, released a report with disturbing findings about the condition of Maine’s roads and bridges.
November 16, 2009
Westbrook map co. launches popular iPhone app
October 19, 2009Imagine standing on a busy street corner, hitting a button on your iPhone, and seeing a map of that same corner 200 years ago, complete with names of former landowners, yellowed photos of the buildings around you and even information about your fa
October 19, 2009
Rolling on the river | Jonathan LaBonte, executive director, Androscoggin Land Trust, Lewiston
October 19, 2009As Jonathan LaBonte talks about the Androscoggin River region, he frequently gets up from his chair to pull a map from some corner of his Lewiston office.
October 19, 2009
Coffee News fuels buzz | Forbes magazine ranks the Bangor franchise among the top 20 in the country
October 19, 2009Coffee News is an unassuming single sheet of brown paper found in restaurants across America.
October 19, 2009
Spirited effort | Bettina Doulton, owner and operator, Cellardoor Vineyard, Lincolnville
October 19, 2009Bettina Doulton isn’t a fan of the spotlight. When greeting a recent visitor to the Lincolnville vineyard she owns and operates, the 45-year-old was quick to introduce her staff, without whom she and the business would be “mediocre,” she says.
October 19, 2009
Folk festival funding in flux
October 14, 2009It draws crowds by the thousands each year and has over 1,000 fans on the social networking site Facebook, but despite its popularity the American Folk Festival remains in the red following its festival this summer.
October 14, 2009Film seeks financing for Oscar try
October 7, 2009Backers of the documentary "The Way We Get By," featuring the efforts of troop-greeters at Bangor International Airport, are marshalling money to position the film for an Oscar run.
October 7, 2009
Departing MECA president reflects on school's mission
October 5, 2009As Maine College of Art President James Baker prepares to leave his position at the end of the academic year, he hopes to leave his students better prepared to run their own small businesses.
October 5, 2009
Hydroplaning bumper car glides into production
September 28, 2009A self-proclaimed prolific inventor has debuted his latest creation: a bumper car made for water. And it could be headed for a water park near you.
September 28, 2009Quimby reveals plans for Portland artist studios
September 21, 2009Philanthropist and Burt's Bees founder Roxanne Quimby has bought a vacant building on Congress Street in Portland that she plans to develop as an artist residency program.
September 21, 2009
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