The Municipal Waste Solutions facility in Hampden has hired Gary Hartmann as chief operating officer. With over 20 years of experience in the waste management industry, Hartmann will oversee the ...

The free Island Explorer shuttle bus that serves Acadia National Park and surrounding communities carried its 10 millionth passenger on Wednesday — a milestone in the service’s 25-year history.

Oct. 25 will mark the first-year anniversary of the Lewiston mass shooting, which claimed 18 lives and wounded 13 others. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, the Lewiston community and ...

After considering a proposal to convert a former middle school into a residential development, the South Portland City Council recently approved a $74 million municipal campus proposal for the ...

A just-released roster of the country's best colleges and universities, published annually by U.S. News & World Report, contains many familiar names. But where some Maine schools show up in the ...

A Brunswick capital management organization has received $65 million in federal money to deploy as tax credits for economic development projects in rural communities across Maine and nationwide.

L.L.Bean Inc. said this week it signed a wholesale deal with Von Maur Department Store, a Davenport, Iowa-based retail chain. Starting this fall, the Freeport outfitter’s merchandise ...

A growing optics company in Portland won approval of a $1 million loan from the Finance Authority of Maine, and will use the money to pay for new construction that's expected to help retain 10 ...

Two years after its multimillion-dollar restoration, a hotel designed to evoke 1960s York Beach surf culture is going up for auction next month, along with another hotel and an undeveloped lot ...

A 47,308-square-foot retail plaza in the Oxford County town South Paris was sold as a good value-add opportunity to a partnership of local investors. Cornwall Partners LLC bought 179 Main St. from ...

Sisters Gourmet Deli in Portland’s Monument Square is closing for good next week. The Portland cafe, owned by Michaela McVetty, was established in 2016. It serves specialty sandwiches.

The new executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance will bring a background as ambassador for the Penobscot Nation and organizational experience in human resources, equity and issues pertaining to ...