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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Kittery breastfeeding app-maker secures new funding, state partnership
The social app offers access to professional lactation consultants, articles and information about breastfeeding, a crowdsourced map of locations to nurse or pump, and to other new parents.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2021
Mainer’s affinity app to connect families, businesses to launch in mid-August
Match2Play was created by Sara Lopez, a mother of four boys who was inspired by her own struggle to find other families to connect with after moving to Maine four years ago.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Biddeford’s historic Marble Block building sold to Luke’s Lobster executive
Bryan Holden, chief development officer of Luke’s Lobster, purchased the building for $400,000 in July from Engine, a nonprofit arts organization that still hopes the building can become a community hub.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2021
Partnership helping immigrants in Maine obtain zero-interest business loans
The DreamxAmerica-Kiva Special Initiative partnered with the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center to provide no-interest, no-fee loans for immigrant-owned small businesses.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
Maine adds 3,000 jobs in June, but jobless rate holds steady at 4.8%
The unemployment rate, adjusted seasonally, has been unchanged in Maine for five consecutive months.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
York County not affordable for working class, new report says
The report, based on homeownership and affordability data from the Maine Housing Authority, cites an alarming disparity between home prices and incomes.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
Inspired by the outdoors, 3 Maine girls launch nonprofit to send kids to camp
Through their organization, Gratitude for Maine, the girls sell their original photography work to raise money for the Susan L. Curtis Foundation.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2021
Artist behind Woodstock poster reprinting the famous design in Portland
Arnold Skolnick, who designed the iconic image of a catbird on a guitar, is working with printmaker David Wolfe on a limited-edition version.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Chase Bank opens new branch in Portland, the 1st of 5 planned for Maine
The new branch – at 480 Congress St. – is part of a 2-year planned expansion to Maine.
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PublishedJune 22, 2021
Special Surfers weather fog and rain to get on boards for the first time since 2019
Special Surfer has helped hundreds of kids with physical and developmental disabilities, not to mention a few adults, learn to surf with the help of trained volunteers.
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