PORTLAND — The Mainebiz Small Business Forum, an event geared towards helping startups and small businesses grow and succeed, is scheduled for 7:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. The event will be held at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St. Each year a panel of small business owners and entrepreneurs explore a variety […]
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Posted inBaseball, Sports
Where have you gone, Little Leaguers?
In southern Maine and across the country, participation in an iconic baseball tradition – and a model for organized youth sports – has dropped significantly in recent decades.
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Mainers help finish labors of love left unfinished by people who died
The growing roster of Loose Ends volunteers is made up of crafters from around the world with diverse fiber arts skills ranging from quilting to amigurumi.
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Retired Cumberland County Sheriff ‘Wes’ Ridlon dies
Wesley Wallace Ridlon was named Parade Magazine’s Policeman of the Year in 1972 and became Cumberland County’s 48th sheriff in 1990.
Posted inMaine, News
Avesta Housing plans apartments for asylum seekers in South Portland, Portland
The 100 units are under construction and expected to cost significantly less than hotels currently used as emergency shelters.
Posted inMaine
PETA offers city new statue to replace lobsterman
The animal rights group is suggesting instead a statue of a very large lobster crushing a lobster trap in one of its claws.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine Medical Center nurses will vote next month on whether to remain unionized
A petition, backed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and signed by more than 500 nurses, paved the way for the vote on the union, which was formed in April of 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine real estate market cooled in June as interest rates rose
Although sale prices are still on the rise, the number of homes sold continued to decline, and some agents say houses are staying on the market longer and sellers are getting fewer offers.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
In a summer of national division, U.S. governors meet in Portland and find some common ground
The National Governors Association is hosting its semi-annual meeting in Maine for the first time in 39 years.
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Anti-abortion protesters plan to continue weekly demonstrations in Portland
They say the draft opinion indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade won’t end their weekly protests outside a Planned Parenthood Clinic.