Gov. Janet Mills is calling for targeted tax increases on cigarettes and cannabis as part of her proposed $11.7 billion budget for the final two years of her administration, setting the stage for ...

Norway Savings Bank has promoted Jacob Ouellette to vice president and investment officer within the bank’s asset management group. The Saco resident has been an asset management group team ...

Len Libby Candies in Scarborough dates back nearly a century, but its workforce faces a modern challenge. Most are part-time workers, with flexible hours — and that’s typically a group that ...

A journalist-turned-finance-professional is making another unusual turn in his career with the development of an indoor mini-golf course, bar and restaurant in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood.

Dry Dock Portland, a seafood restaurant in Portland, is getting ready to relaunch with an award-winning chef at the helm. The Luke’s Lobster team leased the mainstay restaurant last fall and ...

Norway Savings Bank has hired Dawn Mugford as senior vice president of risk. Most recently, Mugford served as executive vice president and chief risk officer at Rockland Trust Bank, based in ...

ACE advises: Joel Kurtzman, founding editor of Strategy+Business magazine, originated the concept of “thought leadership,” a term which has now taken on buzzword status. A thought leader is a ...

In March 2024, Gretchen Johnson succeeded Anne Heros as executive director of the Center for Grieving Children, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1987. She hosted Mainebiz one quiet morning ...

The University of Southern Maine Foundation has named Corey Hascall, a USM graduate, its new president and CEO. Hascall has served as interim president for the foundation since September 2024 ...

Northern Maine Community College has hired its next president from an Iowa university. Doug Binsfeld, who now serves as vice president for academic and student affairs at Upper Iowa University ...

Mr. Tuna is among the 10 Maine semifinalists across various categories in the prestigious James Beard 2025 Restaurant and Chef Awards. The James Beard Foundation released its list of 2025 ...

The first session of the 132nd Maine Legislature has commenced and as usual, a number of proposed laws could have an impact on Maine businesses if passed. Worker protections are a notable theme ...