Adventure business on a roll in year 10

The Brunswick company leads biking and hiking trips for youths that include service projects.

MaineToday Media CEO announces he’ll leave post at year’s end

PORTLAND – MaineToday Media CEO Richard L. Connor announced his resignation from the company Friday and will step down on Dec. 31. Dale Duncan, MaineToday president since July, also resigned, effective Friday. MaineToday, which owns The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Coastal Journal, […]

MaineToday Media CEO and president resign

PORTLAND — MaineToday Media CEO Richard L. Connor announced his resignation from the company Friday and will step down on Dec. 31. Dale Duncan, MaineToday president since July, also resigned, effective Friday. MaineToday, which owns The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Coastal Journal, […]

‘Afraid’ of the park

Through the windows of his shop in the Old Port, Bard Coffee co-owner Jeremy Pelkey has a front-row view of drug deals and fistfights.

It all happens, he says, in adjacent Tommy’s Park.

Pelkey and other business and property owners in the Old Port say they saw an alarming increase in crime, homelessness and general indecency in Tommy’s Park and nearby Post Office Park this summer. Those observations are reflected in police records.

CashStar’s momentum to grow with financing

The Portland-based firm, with about 50 staffers, announces outside investments of $12 million.

Investors pump $12M into Portland’s CashStar

CashStar’s CEO says the digital gift card industry is growing at a 300-400 percent annual rate.

Job seekers suit upfor that first impression

The annual National Suit Drive gives ‘gently used’ business suits to men looking for employment.

Down for the count

Maine’s job growth remains flatlined and shows no signs of regaining health any time soon

Maine ‘skills gap’ keeps jobs away from unemployed

PORTLAND – Even though overall numbers show that Maine’s job picture hasn’t improved in the past year, many companies say they are hiring. But executives say a “skills gap” forces them to recruit and hire workers from out of state because they can’t find qualified applicants locally. “We have lots of workers on unemployment insurance who […]

TechMaine to shut down

The group’s Facebook page says the board decided the group was no longer sustainable.