Business
Follow the markets | Maine business resources | Wall Street news

Urban renewal in Skowhegan

Skowhegan electronics building
Staff photo by David Leaming
RESTORATION: Ed Dillingham, co-owner of the former Skowhegan Electronics building, walks to the second floor on Wednesday, May 6. Dillingham and Eric Schupp plan to restore the third floor into an artist studio, a residence on the second floor and a storefront on ground level. See story by Larry Grard.
High hopes for historic building in Skowhegan
[May 8, 2009]
USDA TO THE RESCUE: No-money-down mortgages work for rural Mainers
[March 15, 2009]
Ski industry gets lift: Maine resort owners say ample snowfall attracts business despite grim economy
[March 15, 2009]
'Green' builders preparing for new era with environmentally friendly and energy efficient construction
[March 15, 2009]
Outdoors, indoors team up for sales in Farmington; Aardvark and Native Woods to merge
[November 16, 2008]
His turn at bat: Madison's Lacasse turns wooden bats into a home business
[October 12, 2008]
Father and son keep ink flowing at Augusta-based printing firm
[October 12, 2008]
Central Maine gas prices vary significantly; retailers: it's a crapshoot at delivery time
[September 28, 2008]
Franklin County Agricultural Task Force targets farming
[September 21, 2008]
Find local businesses
Use our Central Maine town sites to locate goods and services




More business news and features

Follow the markets
Stocks
Click here for more financial market information


The latest news

Maine business headlines

Friday, November 6

Cianbro co-founder dies [Portland Press Herald]
Initiative to protect working lands [Bangor Daily News]
Area businesses get development funds [Morning Sentinel]
Alternate sites for York plaza elicit concerns [Portland Press Herald]
Whale-Watching Doesn't Harm Humpbacks, Study Concludes [MPBN Maine News]
Unions call for Michaud to back health care bill [Bangor Daily News]
Excessive winds may blow Rumford wind power project elsewhere [Sun Journal]
$8 million grant to develop offshore wind test [Bar Harbor Times]
Oxford selectmen support casino proposal [Sun Journal]
Augusta backs composites grant [Kennebec Journal]
Gardiner: Citizen panel formed to consider crematorium [Kennebec Journal]
Waterville: Finances, decrease in users forcing Inside Out Playground to close doors [Morning Sentinel]
Waterville: Work Ready celebrates graduation [Morning Sentinel]
Hermon: Grant to help fund Snowman expansion [Mainebiz]
Cianbro Eastern facility workers mark 60 years [Bangor Daily News]
Rumford: Eggs and Issues Seminar date set [Sun Journal]
FAME to hold annual meeting [Sun Journal]
Thomaston: Aqua Maine holds pipe-cutting ceremony for new water tank: Community Happenings: VillageSoup [Village Soup]

Thursday, November 5

Scarborough: Marden's new store won't open this year [Portland Press Herald]
Disagreement with Wal-Mart stalls Marden's plan for Scarborough store [The Forecaster]
Scarborough council gives Gateway Square owners more time for sewer payments [The Forecaster]
Scarborough board delays Pine Point motel parking lot decision, looks for collaboration [The Forecaster]
Bean exodus to leave big hole on Congress Street [Portland Press Herald]
Despite Jobless Rate, Labor Shortage Looming, Officials Say [MPBN Maine News]
BIA September passengers up 12% [Bangor Daily News]
Falmouth plans forum to discuss Route 1 shopping center, development [The Forecaster]
Westbrook: Pike defies city's shutdown order [Portland Press Herald]
Setting up Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Complex Task, State Officials Say [MPBN Maine News]
Maine fifth state to allow pot dispensaries [The Associated Press]
Mount Abram adds 400 acres of skiing and riding terrain [Sun Journal]
Sport anglers applaud decision on striped bass [Portland Press Herald]
Dixfield: Wind farm forum set for Friday [Sun Journal]
Rumford: First Wind rep to present proposed windpower project for town peaks [Sun Journal]
Wood energy projects sought for stimulus aid [Bangor Daily News]
Rockport voters agree to expand districts for business tax breaks [Bangor Daily News]
Camden Select Board postpones Sagamore Farm survey in favor of general development [Village Soup]
Tannery fence comes down; Camden hopes for developer [Village Soup]
Harpswell voters overwhelmingly approve affordable housing grant, cell tower work [The Forecaster]
Augusta: Kenway grant talks set [Kennebec Journal]
Waterville: Council OKs tax plan for housing [Morning Sentinel]
Gambling board delays ruling [Bangor Daily News]
Millinocket: Company bids for biomass contract [Bangor Daily News]
Friendship approves beer and wine sales [Village Soup]
Scouts protest proposed sale of Camp Gustin [Sun Journal]
Master sailmaker still stitching in East Boothbay [The Working Waterfront]
Bids too high, so Yarmouth reduces Route 88 paving project [The Forecaster]
New eatery opens on Kennebunk's Main Street [Seacoast Online]
Bank to open branch in Gardiner [Kennebec Journal]
Briefcase [Portland Press Herald]
Buckfield: Third generation takes over Tilton's Market [Sun Journal]
Designer joins Blais Flowers [Sun Journal]
CEI nets rural development funds [Mainebiz]
Camden National Bank names Brogden branch manager for Camden Square: Community Happenings: VillageSoup [Village Soup]
Bath Council approves fiscal 2010 TIF budget [The Forecaster]

Wednesday, November 4

L.L. Bean pulling plug on Portland outlet [Portland Press Herald]
TABOR tax limits sharply defeated [Portland Press Herald]
Voters Say 'No' Again to TABOR Initiative [MPBN Maine News]
TABOR, excise tax questions soundly defeated [Bangor Daily News]
Voters soundly defeat bid to cut excise tax [Portland Press Herald]
Voters Decisively Reject Bid to Cut Excise Taxes [MPBN Maine News]
Residents favor transportation bond [Bangor Daily News]
Paper company gets $9.3 million grant to help save energy at mills [Sun Journal]
Verso nets $9.3M for energy projects at 3 mills [Bangor Daily News]
Scotts Miracle-Gro plans to expand Medway plant [Bangor Daily News]
Maine winter power rule kicks in [The Associated Press]
Rockport residents approve tax increment financing districts [Village Soup]
Bar Harbor: Cruise ship royalty ends a season [Bangor Daily News]
HUD: No federal funds used in Brewer land deal [Bangor Daily News]
Farmington prepares for early bird shoppers [Sun Journal]
With drastic herring cut, a lobster bait crisis [Bar Harbor Times]
Rockport art center scales back, lays off staff [Bangor Daily News]
Sanford: Fifth time could be charm for mill [Journal Tribune]
Neighborhood groups wary as Portland hospital eyes acquisition of Congress Street lots [The Forecaster]
Work it Up pairs unemployed with companies in need [Mainebiz]
S. Portland: Goodwill to open in former Circuit City building [Mainebiz]
Gorham firm bought by Finnish elevator company [Mainebiz]
Scarborough seeks development input [Mainebiz]
Briefcase [Portland Press Herald]

Tuesday, November 3

Portland L.L. Bean store to close [Portland Press Herald]
Irving buys Maine terminals, pipeline [Portland Press Herald]
Economist: State's economy grim but improving [Kennebec Journal]
Worst Recession in Generations Ending, but Effects Will Linger, Economist Says [MPBN Maine News]
Economic forecast still grim [Bangor Daily News]
Military tanks on the move in York County [Portland Press Herald]
'Stress test' indicates uneven recovery [Portland Press Herald]
Maine workers' comp average premium to fall [Portland Press Herald]
Poison-gas detector law has broader application [Portland Press Herald]
A bid to sustain Maine shrimp [Bangor Daily News]
Portland accepts grant to build Rand Road business park [Portland Press Herald]
Developers get tax break to renovate old Baxter Library [Portland Press Herald]
PPL Corp. announces sale of 6 dams [Bangor Daily News]
Maine delegates wary of financial overhaul [Bangor Daily News]
HUD finds conflicts on housing authority board [Bangor Daily News]
Farmers' comments sought for general store in Dexter [Bangor Daily News]
Toll plaza likely to stay in York [Portland Press Herald]
More Maine Parents Cooking Up Own Baby Food [MPBN Maine News]
Ideas sought for Falmouth Shopping Center [Portland Press Herald]
Greater Portland small business owners fight for health-care public option in D.C. [The Forecaster]
Passenger Rail Chief Confident About Funding for Downeaster Service [MPBN Maine News]
Good Will-Hinkley names temporary leader [Morning Sentinel]
BDN executive editor to retire after 38 years [Bangor Daily News]
Major Automotive opens for business [Sun Journal]
Franklin Dermatology opens [Sun Journal]
Mount Desert building permits [Bar Harbor Times]
University of Maine System: Personnel for Nov. 3 [Bangor Daily News]
Norway: KeyBank employee celebrates 30 years [Sun Journal]
Wayne: Hudson speaker at national conference [Sun Journal]
Mary Lynn Engel: Marketing plan helps sell oneself [Portland Press Herald]

Monday, November 2

Workers meet on FairPoint status [Portland Press Herald]
Dollars target organic bread wheat in Maine [Bangor Daily News]
Maine at Work: With Styx and Stones, he takes to the radio waves [Portland Press Herald]
Oxford Chamber event date set [Sun Journal]
Richards joins Tastefully Simple [Sun Journal]
Paperwork stunts SBA's ARC loans [Mainebiz]
Harvard to buy power from Maine wind farm [The Associated Press]
Maine Water Buffalo Company joins Washington Grange Farmer's Market: Community Happenings: VillageSoup [Village Soup]
Rockland council to mull recreation center, Sharp's Point, land sales [Village Soup]
Peaks Island group seeks tower to test wind power [The Working Waterfront]

Sunday, November 1

BIW to lay off 191 workers this month [The Associated Press]
Mainers get ready for oil's next spike [Maine Sunday Telegram]
New heating law stirs hope, confusion [Maine Sunday Telegram]
State appliance rebate program pushes all the right buttons [Maine Sunday Telegram]
Farmers turning cranberries into comeback crop [Maine Sunday Telegram]
Tart Red Fruit Producing Green For Maine Farmers [MPBN Maine News]
Maine's cranberry growers find their healthy product under siege [Bangor Daily News]
GE Security tells workers to avoid Sebasticook hospital [Kennebec Journal]
Pellet-producing plants going strong [Morning Sentinel]
Bangor Business Owners Try New Marketing Campaign [WCSH6 News Center]
Study weighs Maine homeless housing costs [The Associated Press]
Charles Lawton: In government, it's more than size that matters [Maine Sunday Telegram]

Saturday, October 31

Anthem alerts physicians to nationwide data breach [Portland Press Herald]
Unions await details of FairPoint plans [Portland Press Herald]
CLYNK's customers complain of changes [Portland Press Herald]
Hydro Quebec Moves to Export Energy Through Maine [MPBN Maine News]
Provincial power deal aimed at N.E. energy markets [The Associated Press]
Bakers, Farmers Hail Grant to Boost Local Organic Wheat Production [MPBN Maine News]
Program Aims to Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure [MPBN Maine News]
Big Lots discounter opens store in Bangor [Bangor Daily News]
Dexter-built car heads for Vegas auto competition [Bangor Daily News]
Holden Ice Cream Shop Expands [WABI TV5]
Rockport art center reassesses business model, lays off employees [Village Soup]
Gogan opens new business [Sun Journal]
Wilton Career Center lists offerings [Sun Journal]
Briefcase [Portland Press Herald]