Algae found in the sea can be used to make products as diverse as food, personal care items and flip-flops. To explore those uses, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will use a $7 million ...

The employers named to this year's list of the "Best Places to Work in Maine" include some that have consistently made the cut, including Machias Savings Bank, Allagash Brewing Co. and Cianbro.

A private, religious school in Bangor got the city's OK Tuesday to build a 22,500-square-foot addition — enough room to double enrollment — and hopes to break ground next month. Penobscot ...

Workers at Bath Iron Works on Wednesday hit the switch on a steel-cutting machine to start construction of a new destroyer, the future USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG 136). Kevin Ridley, a structural ...

MaineHealth plans to restructure, rebrand and expand its ambulance services this October with the rollout of MaineHealth Emergency Medical Services. The new division will also transport patients ...

Twenty years ago, the Mi’kmaq Nation in Presque Isle started a community garden on an acre or two next to its government office and its largest residential area. As interest in the garden grew ...

Sales of single-family homes in Maine were again brisk last month, although the number on the market remained low. A total of 1,482 homes changed hands during the month of July, 10.93% more than ...

Bangor City Hall is undergoing a $10 million revamp that is expected to be completed in 2025, six years after voters approved a $6 million bond for the renovations. The building dates to 1915.

Portside Real Estate Group, which is headquartered in Portland and has primarily served home buyers and sellers in southern Maine, is expanding northward. The firm recently opened a satellite ...

“The County” is a moniker often used when speaking of Maine’s Aroostook County. The bold claim may be justified by the fact that Aroostook is the largest county east of the Mississippi River.

Maine Public made news recently with its purchase of the former Portland Public Market for $20 million. The nonprofit broadcaster intends to move its studios and offices there next year, after ...

Gifford’s Ice Cream is closing one of its oldest ice cream shops, in Farmington, citing ongoing challenges caused by fire and floods last year. The Farmington stand opened at 293 Main St. in ...