PORTLAND — Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, has once again been ranked in Chambers USA, a directory of the nation’s top law firms and leading business lawyers. For the seventh consecutive year, Robert Keach received Chambers’ highest ranking of “Star Individual” for his work in bankruptcy. The firm received the […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine Prep’s eight-session, 16-hour July-only SAT prep course begins July 3 at the Maine Prep offices, 22 Parkers Way, Brunswick. Classes meet every Sunday and Wednesday evening, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., until July 28. The course, designed to teach students strategies to use in the math, writing and reading sections of the SAT, […]

PORTLAND — Mainebiz recently announced that David Shaw, founder of IDEXX Laboratories and managing partner of Black Point Group, will headline this year’s Momentum Convention, which will be held on Oct. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center. This year’s convention theme challenges Maine businesses to “Think Big” and to that end, the convention features a […]

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Joe Manchin once said, “Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that’s not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.” As I sat and waited for the graduation ceremony to begin for my niece, who graduated […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. Calorie counts on menus are already […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has given the clearest signal yet that Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely leave the Federal Reserve when his term ends in January. During an interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose that aired Monday, Obama said Bernanke has “already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to.” […]