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Taste of Maine potato chip plant under construction in Aroostook County 2u6u3n

John O’Meara Updated: June 2, 2025

The Taste of Maine Potato Chip Co. in Aroostook County will be 96,000 square feet, employ 40 to 60 people and use locally grown potatoes.

  • Kennebunk's downtown Waterhouse Center to get a solar installation uy57

    Tina Fischer 4 hours ago
  • New leader of Manufacturers Association of Maine has been an advocate for workforce development 2e3w4i

    Renee Cordes Updated: 5 hours ago
  • Arts group leases Portland space to showcase work of Maine artists and illustrators 1y566p

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025
  • The high cost of distraction: Why businesses must protect time for, um, work 14q6h

    Nancy Marshall, Marshall Communications Updated: June 3, 2025
  • Old Orchard Beach cafe owners expand with boutique selling clothing and home goods b4iq

    Alexis Wells June 2, 2025
  • Falmouth-based TideSmart earns renewal of B Corp certification j6uf

    Laurie Schreiber June 2, 2025
  • Slurpin’ USA: On the water with Maine’s oyster growers 3r156v
    Jim Neuger Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Men’s health service opens first Maine location in SoPo 1hg31
    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025

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  • Maine to get $35M in federal aid for construction and rehab of affordable housing 5r3u20

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 3, 2025

    HUD funds can be used to construct and rehabilitate affordable housing, improve public services and address homelessness.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 3, 2025
  • Gorman Foundation grants 77 nonprofits across the state 4kw21

    Tina Fischer June 2, 2025

    Nonprofits in all of Maine's 16 counties have received grants from the Portland-based foundation to address hunger, housing, transportation and health.

    Tina Fischer June 2, 2025
  • Federal reimbursements for storm damage total more than $4 million 30233c

    Tina Fischer June 2, 2025

    Funds will cover some of the costs for emergency repairs to roads and transportation infrastructure damaged by severe storms that shook the state between April 2023 and January 2024. 

    Tina Fischer June 2, 2025
  • Midcoast bookstore on wheels gears up for debut 4j381j

    Renee Cordes Updated: June 2, 2025

    Jill Conner, founder of the Kinetic Bookshop, plans to raise funds for libraries on Maine's midcoast from the books she sells off the back of Gladys, a 1963 Ford Econoline truck she bought in 2023.

    Renee Cordes Updated: June 2, 2025
  • UMaine program aims to train rural educators 2s3n

    Laurie Schreiber May 31, 2025

    Riding a trend of rural workforce recruitment and retention programs in multiple industries, an educator program expands training and career advancement.

    Laurie Schreiber May 31, 2025
  • Aroostook County hospitals team up on management in effort to cut costs 581y5y

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025

    The management service agreement between Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent and Houlton Regional Hospital comes at a time when many hospitals are cutting services and delaying critical investments.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Fly the flag for Maine in state-sponsored contest 3dv17

    Renee Cordes May 30, 2025

    Submissions for the Maine Atlas Project are due by Wednesday, July 9.

    Renee Cordes May 30, 2025

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Maine offers 49 different plate designs, but Mainers are always looking for other ways to personalize their plates — with their own vanity messages. 

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  • A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate sales from May 2025 6u3t6o

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025

    Every week in the Tuesday Real Estate Insider, Mainebiz compiles a list of commercial real estate sales. Here are the sales published in May 2025.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Keller Williams Maine agents volunteer for annual day of service 2d5h64

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025

    The company’s annual day of service is dedicated to “renewing, energizing and donating” in the communities they serve.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Newsworthy people and performances for June 2, 2025 3c242g

    Updated: June 2, 2025

    A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms in Maine.

    Updated: June 2, 2025
  • On the Record: Music entrepreneur Chris Brown is targeting clients ‘with artistic and career momentum’ 3q4f2x

    Renee Cordes Updated: June 2, 2025

    After three decades with Bull Moose, Chris Brown left the music and entertainment retailer to start a music consulting business called Chris Brown 33.

    Renee Cordes Updated: June 2, 2025
  • How to create a grateful workplace culture 6f1u58

    Kym Dakin-Neal, Voice Into Learning Updated: June 2, 2025

    For those of us who do contract coaching work for businesses, it’s hard to miss the increased levels of stress in working culture, writes guest columnist Kym Dakin-Neal.

    Kym Dakin-Neal, Voice Into Learning Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Rising costs and buyer hesitancy stall Portland housing projects 5z46g

    Tina Fischer Updated: June 2, 2025

    Two high-end condominium developments and a 327-unit apartment complex targeted to middle-income households are all now on hold due to rising costs.

    Tina Fischer Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Ask ACE: We’re hiring, but no one seems like the right fit. What can we do differently? 2f375r

    Dave Williams, Triton Talent Solutions Updated: June 2, 2025

    The issue may not be the talent pool, but the process leading to the hire. Without a well-structured hiring process, you’re likely to attract and hire the wrong candidates.

    Dave Williams, Triton Talent Solutions Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Made in Maine: A former ship’s cook makes traditional Asian fermented foods 73291y

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025

    Belfast-based Red Kettle Foods makes traditional kimchi and other products using Maine ingredients such as daikon, cucumbers, carrots, onions and ginger.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 2, 2025
  • Editor's note: How oysters and potatoes find their way to our tables 3z2i2r

    Peter Van Allen Updated: June 2, 2025

    There’s an old saying, “It took a brave man to eat the first oyster.” And it took a brave photographer to get out in a small skiff on a cold spring day — all in the name of documenting the Maine oyster trade.

    Peter Van Allen Updated: June 2, 2025
  • A slew of businesses opening in downtown Bangor 2h4m3l

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025

    Flowers, charms, hot tubs and Hawaiian shaved ice are all on tap at a wave of businesses opening in downtown Bangor this year.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025
  • Estabrook's new greenhouse couples vast space with state-of-the-art systems 4v1023

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025

    Yarmouth-based Estabrook's is expanding production capacity with a 55,000-square-foot greenhouse just completed on 16 acres in Pownal.

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025
  • Friday Food Insider: With bigger space, French bistro aims to up the 'ooh-la-la' in the Kennebunks 163h19

    Alexis Wells Updated: May 30, 2025

    Chez Rosa will be able to accommodate 90 diners indoors and 44 on the patio in Kennebunk, just across the bridge from its original location in Kennebunkport.

    Alexis Wells Updated: May 30, 2025
  • Southern Maine firms team up on workboat designed with electric propulsion 693hz

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025

    A workboat designed for electric propulsion performed successful sea trials. “This is about delivering zero-emission tools that meet the demands of working waterfronts.”

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025
  • At Consigli Construction in Portland, two promotions and a new hire 3bs67

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025

    The Massachusetts-based firm announced the staff changes at its Portland office.

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025
  • BIW offers 'Deckplates to degrees' tuition break for employees 3l3t1g

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025

    The Bath shipyard is ing forces with the University of Maine System on a tuition discount program for employees.

    Tina Fischer May 28, 2025
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Are you ready to dig deeper into the commercial real estate and construction landscape in Maine? Groundbreaking Maine is your essential guide, delivering insights, trends, and forecasts that keep industry professionals informed and prepared for what’s next. Includes profiles of the 2024 MEREDA Notable Project winners. Get a closer look at the innovators, architects, and developments shaping Maine’s landscape.