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This image, distributed by RockBridge Capital LLC and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, depicts the developers' latest proposal for redeveloping Portland's Congress Square Plaza. The plan would include using nearly 10,000 square feet of the plaza as event space for the renovated Eastland Park Hotel and leaving another 4,800 square feet as public gathering space.

Portland’s Congress Square at a crossroads, pedestrian-friendly zone could be the answer

PORTLAND, Maine — A plan to redevelop Congress Square Plaza into event space for the incoming Westin Portland Harborview Hotel has been divisive. Consensus is ...

Economist Charles Colgan of the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service predicts Maine won't reach full post-recession job recovery until late 2016

Colgan: Jobs recovery expected in 2016

The year 2013 is off to a promising start — but don’t get used to it. Charlie Coglan said he’s hoping for nine months in ...

Maine home sales increase nearly 14 percent in April

Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine increased nearly 14 percent in April when compared with the same month the year before, according to new ...

Presque Isle celebrates business-friendly designation by state

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — In just the past year, Tim Lavin, president and chief executive officer of Balance BPO in Presque Isle, said that he ...

Bite Into Maine, a food truck operating out of Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, produced this &quotpicnic style" lobster roll as its entry in the prestigious Tasting Table Lobster Roll Rumble in New York City this year. Bite Into Maine owners Karl and Sarah Sutton say their operation is the smallest to ever compete in the annual challenge.

New York City rumble showcases Maine’s lobster roll dominance

If there was ever a doubt about Maine’s place in the lobster industry, the annual Lobster Roll Rumble in New York City next month seals ...

Dairy cows enjoy the sunshine recently at Tide Mill Farms in Edmunds, one of 10 Maine farms that sustains Maine's Own Organic Milk, MOOMilk.

Anonymous investor puts $3 million into MOOMilk

AUGUSTA, Maine — MOOMilk, a producer of organic milk, received the single largest investment in its existence this week, an amount large enough to stabilize ...

A conceptual rendering of future development in Dunstan Corner is based on input at an April 9 Sustain Southern Maine workshop. Plans for mixed-use development are intended to make the most of the new intersection of Payne Road and Route 1, scheduled to be completed by early July.

Potential for Scarborough’s Dunstan Corner a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Bangor-based planner Evan Richert sees plenty of promise in Dunstan Corner. “This may be a once-in-a-generation type of opportunity,” Richert said Tuesday ...