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  • Architect's design for Grace wins award

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 27, 2011

    Dean Bingham, the Portland architect and chocolatier who designed Grace restaurant, a former brick-and-brownstone Gothic Revival church turned fashionable eatery on Chestnut Street, has won a national award for the restaurant's design.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 27, 2011
  • Mental health clinic opens to execs

    Jackie Farwell June 27, 2011

    The stigma associated with seeking mental health services deters many people from seeking help, but for high-level executives and professionals, the potential career repercussions add yet another layer of anxiety.

    Jackie Farwell June 27, 2011
  • Midcoast chambers approve merger

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 23, 2011

    Members of the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville and Penobscot Bay chambers of commerce recently voted in favor of merging the two organizations.

    The Mainebiz News Staff June 23, 2011
  • Co-working space taps into a rising trend

    June 13, 2011

    Portland freelancers no longer have to slave away alone in their pajamas in cramped apartments.

    June 13, 2011
  • Extension granted to lottery operator

    Mainebiz News Staff June 13, 2011

    A company with offices in Gardiner will continue to print the state's lottery tickets for at least another year while a competitor's appeal of a long-term contract continues in court.

    Mainebiz News Staff June 13, 2011
  • Architects urge developers to consider rising sea levels

    May 30, 2011

    A three-and-a-half-foot rise in the sea level here would, if propelled by a storm surge, swamp large portions of Commercial Street and the Marginal Way-Bayside area, a prominent focus of recent redevelopment efforts.

    May 30, 2011
  • Sales force | A conversation with Shay Bellas, co-founder, Custom Sales Team Inc.

    Carol Coultas May 30, 2011

    Custom Sales Team Inc.Founded: June 2010Employees: 4; 32 independent contractorsStartup costs: None

    Carol Coultas May 30, 2011
  • Goodwill's new job skills program graduates six

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 9, 2011

    On Friday, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will graduate its first class in a pilot program to train refugees and immigrants in work force skills.

    The Mainebiz News Staff May 9, 2011
  • Former Harriman head opens new architecture firm

    May 3, 2011

    This winter, architect Patrick Costin left his prestigious position as board chair of Harriman Architects + Engineers, a 141-year-old firm with offices in Portland and Auburn, to start a much smaller company and focus on what he says are his two p

    May 3, 2011
  • Low-cost funeral chain enters Portland market

    April 5, 2011

    In February, a new funeral home opened in a nondescript, one-story mall on Forest Avenue.

    April 5, 2011
  • Wright Express acquires Fla. firm

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 4, 2011

    Payment processor Wright Express Corp. has acquired a Tampa, Fla.-based payroll card and electronic paystub provider.

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 4, 2011
  • Changes OK'ed for Port of Eastport

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011

    The Army Corps of Engineers has approved a modified permit for improvements at the Port of Eastport, helping to save the project half a million dollars in construction costs.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011
  • DeLorme lays off 15 workers

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011

    Mapmaker DeLorme has cut 15 employees in its first round of layoffs in nearly a decade.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011
  • Midcoast chamber boards vote to merge

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 25, 2011

    Two midcoast chambers -- The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber and the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber -- are seeking members' input on merging.

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 25, 2011
  • New Atlantica division charts commerce, politics

    February 8, 2011

    Governments collapsing overnight, economies spiraling downwards, anxious political leaders passing protectionist policies, emerging markets and new middle-class consumers are all increasingly relevant to companies, in Maine and elsewhere, that hop

    February 8, 2011
  • Firing a customer | Do yourself a favor and rid your business of draining clients

    Doug Packard February 7, 2011

    “Views from the Top” is a new Mainebiz column focusing on upper-level management issues that will appear six times throughout the year.

    Doug Packard February 7, 2011

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Today's Poll

Are you paying more for school supplies this year?
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Poll Description

With most public school kids in Maine heading back to class this week, students and their parents are paying more for school supplies, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Students and their parents are paying more this year for textbooks and reference materials, school lunches, day care and preschool, college tuition and boys' clothes. 

The cost of girls' clothing decreased and the prices of both footwear and snacks were unchanged from a year ago.