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Waterville Creates! has received a gift of $100,000 from Kennebec Savings Bank in support of the community capital campaign for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a total of $20.8 million in grants to support affordable housing in Maine.
The third Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse will raise funds toward paying off a loan that allowed the Bar Harbor Historical Society to purchase La Rochelle, the former headquarters of Maine Seacoast Mission.
In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. The Aug. 19, 2002, cover story may seem familiar to readers who have followed more recent news of Maine's
An annual tourism incentive administered by HospitalityMaine, Hospitality for Habitat, raised more than $20,000 for Maine’s Habitat for Humanity chapters this spring. Inns from Wells to Bar Harbor offered reduced rates from April to May in lieu of
The Portland Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a Canopy by Hilton hotel being developed by Jim Brady's Fathom Cos., and which is slated to break ground this October.
A historic Boston and Maine Railroad train depot in Kennebunk, dating to 1872, has been listed for sale at a price of $939,000.
When Portland's Arcadia designworks drew plans for Millinocket public pool bath house more than a decade ago, it started a business connection with the town that has culminated in the couple that owns the firm expanding to the Katahdin region.
Veterinarians Nicole and Matthew Fortin plan to open their new veterinarian practice, Back Cove Animal Hospital, at 55 Baxter Boulevard in Portland, as an on-site owner-veterinarian and fear-free facility.
In WalletHub's latest ranking of the best and worst states to start a business, Maine fared the best out of all six New England states while coming in at No.
Amanda and Nathan Braley purchased 567 Elm St. in Biddeford to accommodate the growing number of students and classes at their business, Academy of Dance.
Healthy Androscoggin has received a 2019 Lead Poisoning Prevention Grant, one of only nine organizations nationwide to get an award from the National Center for Healthy Housing’s Equipping Communities for Action Initiative.
North River Co., the new owner of the Lockwood Mill in Waterville, considers the building a diamond in the rough — it’s worse for wear after years of vacancy, but it’s a classic 19th-century mill with soaring ceilings and windows, 3-foot brick wal
The single-family existing home market in Maine remains strong as the summer sales season gets underway. In fact, brokers reported selling 6.32% more homes in May compared to May 2018.
Bar Harbor is tackling a shortage of affordable workforce housing with proposed zoning changes that would allow employee and workforce dormitories as well as rooming houses.
The purchase of 160-166 State St. in Portland, a building dating to 1807 and a nunnery for 84 years, will go toward the creation of affordable housing.
The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.
The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)
The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour.
While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins.
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Learn moreThe Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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