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Mainebiz is a media company that delivers business news, insights, and analysis specifically tailored for business owners and decision-makers in Maine.

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Keller Williams Maine agents volunteer for annual day of service

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

On May 8, more than 100 real estate agents from Keller Williams Maine stepped away from their daily business duties to participate in RED Day, the company’s annual day of service dedicated to “renewing, energizing and donating” in the communities they serve.
Midcoast bookstore on wheels gears up for debut

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Renee Cordes

Summer may be high season for food trucks, but how about a truck selling reading material? Tha's the plan for the Kinetic Bookshop, which Jill Conner is getting ready to roll out. The 37-year-old said it will be a bookstore on wheels. The first-time entrepreneur, who returned to Maine with her husband in 2022 after 16 years in Chicago and now lives in the Waldo County town of Belmont, works part-time at the Camden National Library. With her new business, she aims to raise funds for local libraries.
Men’s health service opens first Maine location in SoPo

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

Gameday Men’s Health, a California-based franchise brand, opened its first Maine location in a 1,650-square-foot lease at 210 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cameron Foster of the Boulos Co. and Melody Allred of CARR represented the tenant, Gameday Men’s Health, and Joe Atwood of the Dunham Group represented the landlord, Rock Coast Space1 LLC. CARR, headquartered in Colorado, specializes in health care real estate.
Tips on keeping employees healthy, safe and productive from the Mainebiz Health Care Forum

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Renee Cordes

Ensuring employees' health and safety not only keeps them more engaged, but also boosts productivity and improves the bottom line. That was one of the central themes of the Mainebiz Health Care Forum in Freeport on Wednesday. More than 100 people attended the discussion about workplace well-being moderated by Kim Anania, president and CEO of KMA Human Resources Consulting. Anania said mental health shapes how individuals handle stress, relate to others and make choices.
UMaine program aims to train rural educators

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

In Maine, where more than two-thirds of the population is rural, numerous programs aim to build Maine’s lagging rural workforce, including expanded training and career advancement opportunities in the health care, dairy and forest industries. Aiming to do its part, the University of Maine has launched a program to provide providing mentoring and a support network to build the rural education workforce.
Eaton Peabody exit casts light on legal market in flux

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Renee Cordes

The times they are-a-changin’ in a legal landscape still digesting the news of Eaton Peabody's imminent exit amid a growing crop of new business models. Experts expect the shakeup to continue as some lawyers shed the law firm life for higher risk and greater independence as entrepreneurs and business owners. Viridian Law and Aleta Law are among startups leading the charge.
A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate sales from May 2025

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

Here’s a roundup of commercial sales in Maine first published in the Tuesday Real Estate Insider during May. (The Thursday Real Estate Insider compiles real estate leases.)The information is provided by brokerages and thus does not include privately managed transactions.
New leader of Manufacturers Association of Maine has been an advocate for workforce development

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Renee Cordes

See John Lewis' columns on workforce development. More Information After three years at the helm of the Manufacturers Association of Maine, Mike Roughton has stepped down and passed the baton to John Lewis as new executive director. As Roughton prepares for retirement in the midcoast town of St. George later this month, he will stay involved with the group in an advisory role "to support continuity and momentum," the Portland-based organization announced on Monday.
Aroostook County hospitals team up on management in effort to cut costs

4 days ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

Two Aroostook County hospitals are looking to improve their long-term financial stability through a collaboration agreement that could lead to a formal affiliation. The management service agreement between Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent and Houlton Regional Hospital comes at a time when many hospitals are cutting services and delaying critical investments.
New live-music venue proposed for Portland’s Old Port

1 week ago | mainebiz.biz | Laurie Schreiber

The developers of a proposed year-round, live-music venue in Portland’s Old Port neighborhood expect to fill a hole as a mid-size platform for local and regional artists, and even serve as a feeder to the area’s larger showcases. Josh Schlesinger leased 10,000 square feet at 144 Fore St. He and his partner in the venture, Rob Barrett of Portland architecture and construction firm Barrett Made, submitted plans to the city to build it out as Live at Madrid’s.