WASHINGTON U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case- Shiller national home price index is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier. The […]

On Nov. 17, I had the distinct pleasure, along with the other Midcoast Maine Islands Tourism Council members, to attend the “Gardens Aglow” preview night at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. This top-notch event was highlighted by a lighting ceremony, recognition of sponsors, drinks, appetizers and a tour of the amazing lit […]

PORTLAND Vignola Cinque Terre, a leading farm-to-table restaurant located in Portland, has promoted Mitchell Ryan to the position of executive chef. Born in California, raised in Durham, and a graduate of Brunswick High School, Ryan began his culinary career at a catering company in Brunswick. He joined the staff at Cinque Terre in May 2011 […]

BRUNSWICK Maine Pines Racquet & Fitness, which is located on Harpswell Road in Brunswick, recently upgraded all of its building’s lighting to the new highly efficient LED lighting technology. LED lighting has a number of benefits, including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, smaller in size, and faster switching. The project included the six indoor tennis […]

TOPSHAM — For the first time, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has awarded its Environmental Leader Certification to a retirement community — The Highlands in Topsham. Typically reserved for hotels, this state accreditation recognizes Maine lodging businesses with more than 20 rooms that have worked to systematically reduce their impact on the environment. In […]

BRUNSWICK — Tom Carr, a local Edward Jones financial adviser, is supporting the Southern Mid Coast Toys for Tots program by using his office as a drop-off loca- tion for this year’s toy drive. Local residents may help needy children in the area by bringing in a new, unwrapped toy to the office, located at […]