A New York City-based firm has been awarded a $15.5 million contract to provide architectural and engineering services for a new land port of entry in Coburn Core, an unorganized township in ...

Maine's minimum wage will increase to $14.65 per hour next year, a hike that's expected to boost pay for about 96,000 people. The current statewide minimum wage is $14.15. The Maine Department ...

The Maine College of Art & Design in Portland has expanded its leadership team with the addition of four members to its board of trustees. The new board members bring knowledge and experience ...

The city of South Portland has promoted Frederick Dillon to direct its Water Resource Protection Department. He replaces Brad Weeks, who retired earlier this month. Dillon has served as the ...

The Union Construction Academy of Maine recently graduated its first cohort in the Women in the Trades program. The ceremony for women pre-apprentices graduating from the program featured Laura ...

The city of Portland is looking to hire a fire chief to succeed Keith Gautreau when he retires by the end of this year. The salary range for the position is between $129,633 and $164,244 annually ...

Penobscot General Contractors, a Falmouth-based general contractor, announced Thursday that it has converted to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan business model. The firm called it a "significant ...

The developer of the Portland Harbor Hotel in the city's Old Port District hopes to expand the hotel's capacity by half after buying property next door for $11 million. Bateman Partners LLC is ...

A downtown Lewiston building has traded hands, moving between two nonprofits with aligned missions of working with kids. The building, at 430 Lisbon St., was sold to Riverside Academy, a day care ...

In 2020, two teens separately started buying select sneakers and reselling them online. They found each other through the online marketplace, discovered they live in the same city and recently ...

The University of Maine at Farmington is expanding its offerings to include an online, interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree program in public policy. The program prepares students to analyze ...

A dozen overnight warming shelters from Presque Isle to Biddeford will be able to open this winter with $2 million in state funding, MaineHousing announced Monday. Funding comes from the state’s ...