It took a team to preserve 24 units of affordable housing in Orono. An apartment building at 95 Main St. was saved thanks to financing and an ownership transfer negotiated by the Genesis ...

A federal grant of nearly $350,000 will support budding food businesses and local farms on the midcoast while bolstering efforts to reduce food insecurity. The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program ...

After seven months of doing business in Saco, Ziggi’s Coffee, a franchise company that started in Colorado, has closed its sole Maine coffee shop. Brandon Knudsen, co-founder and CEO of Ziggi ...

On the eve of the holiday giving season, Mainers rank as some of the most generous people in the country, according to a national study. Personal finance website WalletHub has come up with a ...

These are tough times for coffee shops in Maine, with another shop recently closing — a branch of Ziggi’s Coffee, a Colorado-based chain that had opened in Saco in February. Like other ...

Franklin Savings Bank, which operates eight branches in Maine, has hired Michell McMahon as a mortgage loan officer. Based in Skowhegan, McMahon brings more than 20 years of banking experience at ...

As we progress through 2024, businesses are increasingly feeling the weight of financial pressures, evidenced by a sharp rise in commercial bankruptcy filings. The surge in Chapter 11 filings ...

As former President Donald Trump cruised to an unexpectedly easy election victory that will return him to the White House, Maine voters on Tuesday generated few surprises. Voters appeared to have ...

It’s long overdue and taken years to begin, but the dredging of Portland Harbor will finally move forward this winter, with the construction of a “confined aquatic disposal" cell ...

Kennebec Savings Bank has promoted Nicolas Patenaude to regional vice president and treasurer. In his new role, Patenaude is responsible for overseeing the bank’s financial activities, managing ...

Ground has broken for a nine-unit complex of luxury townhouses and condominiums to be built at 53 Carleton St. in Portland’s West End neighborhood. Called Carleton West, the project is a ...

A group of physicians from one of southern Maine's largest outpatient health care providers is going independent, with a new name and potentially a new co-owner from outside the state. Spectrum ...