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A Look Back: In 2014, moving to Portland still seemed like a novel idea
Updated: August 5, 2024A decade ago in Portland, hotel rooms were under construction, national retailers were joining area malls and housing prices were starting to soar. Yet Maine's largest city was just starting to become a hot destination.
Updated: August 5, 2024
After taking over Empire State Building, giant dragon lives on in Maine company's goods
Updated: August 1, 2024Sea Bags, the Portland-based maker of totes and other accessories out of recycled sails, is now recycling fabric from the inflatable monster that sat atop the skyscraper for a week.
Updated: August 1, 2024
In Scarborough, Downs developers hire leasing expert for $300M Town Center under construction
Updated: August 1, 2024To help draw national retailers, restaurants and local businesses to the site, the Downs development team has hired Wilder, a Boston-based company with more than 40 properties in 10 states.
Updated: August 1, 2024
Northport scone business 'mixes' things up for food pantry benefit festival
Updated: July 31, 2024The Scone Goddess First Annual Scone Festival, taking place Sunday, Aug. 4, will benefit the Northport Food Pantry.
Updated: July 31, 2024
Bookshop finds energy in downtown Waterville's arts and culture scene
Updated: July 29, 2024A $10,000 Backing Small Businesses grant will help build inventory. An advantage of 150 Main St. was that the interior could be designed from scratch.
Updated: July 29, 2024
Friday Food Insider: An underground, hideaway restaurant is set to open in Portland
July 26, 2024A hideaway of a restaurant will open in the site of the former Old Port Tavern, a popular hangout in Portland for 50 years before closing in 2022.
July 26, 2024
With Walgreens as long-term tenant, Portland building is sold to NY investor for $6.25M
Updated: July 22, 2024The buyer was an investor from New York who was familiar with the Portland market, liked the location and will continue to use it as an investment tool for future generations.
Updated: July 22, 2024
Friday Food Insider: Ahead of National Ice Cream Day, here’s the scoop from our tasting crew
July 19, 2024The Mainebiz team held another of our thoroughly enjoyable but highly unscientific taste tests of Maine-made food. On one of the hottest days of the year.
July 19, 2024
Wake up and smell the coffee: Aroma Joe’s continues to open shops from Maine to Florida
Updated: July 22, 2024The fast-growing coffee shop chain and its franchisees are always looking for new locations. The successful sites meet a special brew of criteria.
Updated: July 22, 2024From the Editor: Maine is trying to create affordable housing, get young people into homes
Updated: July 22, 2024In the Mainebiz print edition of July 22, story topics include affordable housing, younger home buyers and how the Aroma Joe's chain of coffee shops picks locations.
Updated: July 22, 2024
UMaine to develop $4.5M food production lab that would expand markets
July 17, 2024Expected to open in late 2025, the lab will provide commercial-scale processing and production capacity in 4,800 square feet of space — with the potential to expand.
July 17, 2024
Footwear maker Skechers sues LLBean, claiming it illegally copied shoe designs
Updated: July 17, 2024The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges that some of the Freeport retailer's casual shoes infringe on two patents. Skechers is demanding the company stop selling the shoes.
Updated: July 17, 2024
After 3 years, it's the end of the road for Maine waffle truck
Updated: July 17, 2024With a 'heavy heart,' the Pink Waffle run by founder Roux Kehoe has ceased operations.
Updated: July 17, 2024
Former Allagash Brewing sales director joins Maine Center for Entrepreneurs
Updated: July 17, 2024Naomi Neville succeeds Susan Hanson as program manager for the organization's Cultivator Food Accelerator.
Updated: July 17, 2024
'Cannabis hospitality' will be the focus of a Maine task force
Updated: July 17, 2024Questions include how cannabis fits into the hospitality industry. Brew tours offer tastings. A cannabis tour might offer something similar.
Updated: July 17, 2024
A pub and a gift shop open in prominent downtown Ellsworth building
Updated: July 15, 2024Separate entrances help define customer flow in the open floor plan. Most customers at the moment are tourists and summer residents. The project includes meeting the needs of year-round residents.
Updated: July 15, 2024
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