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Economic Development

  • Maine Audubon opposes East-West highway

    April 30, 2013

    Leaders of the 15,000-member Maine Audubon Society have come out against a proposed east-west highway through Maine.

    April 30, 2013

  • Cold storage needed to boost new shipping service

    Matt Dodge April 15, 2013

    When Icelandic container shipping service Eimskip arrived at Portland's International Marine Terminal on March 29 with its first shipment — bottled water and frozen fish — it received a warm welcome in a city where inconsistent container service h

    Matt Dodge April 15, 2013

  • Hall moves from lobbyist to leader at Portland chamber

    Douglas Rooks April 15, 2013

    Chris Hall moved to Maine in 1986, settling in Buxton and going to work for the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, where he was government affairs director for 17 years.

    Douglas Rooks April 15, 2013

  • 'Right-to-work' bills die in committee

    April 8, 2013

    Two bills intended to reduce a union's ability to collect dues were defeated in a legislative committee's party-line vote Friday.

    April 8, 2013

  • Ducktrap to double capacity at Belfast production plant

    April 3, 2013

    Ducktrap River of Maine plans to hire new workers as it doubles the production capacity for smoked salmon and other smoked seafood products at its Belfast operation.

    April 3, 2013

  • Legislators clash over 'right-to-work' bills

    April 2, 2013

    Maine legislators are again clashing over a proposal to outlaw mandatory union contributions for public employees and workers operating under union contracts.

    April 2, 2013

  • Canadian boatbuilder expands to Eastport, hiring 50

    April 1, 2013

    Later this year, a Canadian boatbuilding firm is expanding to Easport, where it expects to hire 50 workers.

    April 1, 2013

  • Unemployment flat at 7.3% in February

    April 1, 2013

    Maine's unemployment rate remained unchanged from one month and one year ago in the latest preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    April 1, 2013

  • CEI loan fund seeks 'socially conscious' investors

    James McCarthy April 1, 2013

    For 11 years, Saeed Saeed and his wife, Anaam Jabbir, ran a flourishing take-out restaurant in a suburb of Baghdad. They sold falafel, shawarma and other Iraqi fast foods. Their restaurant flourished.

    James McCarthy April 1, 2013

  • Five-year Portland Riverwalk dispute nears end

    March 25, 2013

    Two parties involved in a partially completed Portland waterfront project have decided to settle an ownership dispute that has simmered for five years.

    March 25, 2013

  • New educational collaboration model gains steam

    Alan Hinsey March 18, 2013

    Ten years ago a group of Knox County business leaders, elected officials and economic development folks confronted the facts that we were losing our 18-to-34-year-olds, fell below the state average for per-capita income and that many in our aging

    Alan Hinsey March 18, 2013

  • Belfast food hub creates new market for local vendors

    Craig Idlebrook March 18, 2013

    The world almost didn't get to taste Julie Romano's salsa.

    Craig Idlebrook March 18, 2013

  • Somerset Development Corp. endorses east-west highway

    March 15, 2013

    The Somerset County Economic Development Corp. has voiced its support for a proposal from Cianbro Corp. to build a privately financed east-west toll highway in northern Maine.

    March 15, 2013

  • Survey: Portland top spot for job hunters

    March 13, 2013

    A quarterly survey by the national employment services firm Manpower Group reports greater Portland will be the best region in the country to find a job in the next quarter.

    March 13, 2013

  • MRRA inks sale on five former base buildings

    March 6, 2013

    The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority approved selling five buildings at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, generating around $1.6 million.

    March 6, 2013

  • Developer eyes Biddeford mill for downtown hotel

    March 5, 2013

    Developer Doug Sanford announced plans to turn a former mill building in downtown Biddeford into the city's only hotel.

    March 5, 2013

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