New law lets some Maine veterans skip course work and take nursing exam

Those hoping to be fast-tracked and become LPNs must have served in a medical corps, spent at least 12 months providing bedside patient care and left the military with an honorable discharge.

Portland’s shipping link helps Yarmouth firm import Finnish speedboats

East Coast Yacht Sales plans to bring in 60 uniquely designed Axopar vessels and be the exclusive retailer from Maine to Maryland.

Dine Out Maine: Bite Into Maine Commissary, Highroller Lobster Co.

These two lobster roll specialists are both good.

Health care costs, starting wage split sides in contract talks at Hannaford distribution center

Hundreds of workers at the South Portland warehouse threaten to strike if necessary, which would compromise a network that supplies scores of supermarkets in New England.

Week in review: Idexx revenues rise; salmon farm planned

Also, a door opens for a Central Maine Power project, and a marijuana moratorium is spiked.

Letter to the editor: Small businesses need clear rules; are you listening, Congress?

Maine’s thriving beer industry puts barrel processor on a roll

Buxton’s River Drive Cooperage-Millwork, which imports and rehabs casks from Europe, plans an ambitious expansion.