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The sushi and small plates venue is slated to open next spring in the former Elsmere BBQ space.

Lobster researcher Bob Steneck is the first University of Maine faculty member to gain entry to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Local store owners say they have already seen new customers coming in to shop for fabric, yarn and other craft supplies.

The number of workers in health care in Maine identifying as non-White is up 143% in the past decade.

The commission canceled more than half a dozen grants to preservation organizations in Maine in hopes of avoiding laying off half its staff.

A legislative committee agreed with business advocates who say the bills are unnecessary and will make it impossible for businesses to manage risk.

MaineHousing has in the last month announced more than $30 million in funding to boost construction of single-family homes and apartments.

The Trump administration recently halted more than $15 million in funding for the university's Advanced Structures and Composites Center.

The Legislature's Housing and Economic Development Committee is considering a moratorium on the sale of mobile home parks while lawmakers consider a handful of bills designed to protect residents.

Live at Madrid's is set to open around the end of the year, and aims to provide local bands a place to grow.

The French bistro has been in its current home in Kennebunkport for five years.

From February through April, 166,000 fewer Canadians traveled by land to Maine. That's 26% less than the same period last year.

The Black-owned art collaborative first moved into 60 Cove St., a purpose-built community and studio space, in 2019.

Elizabeth is slated to open on Wharf Street next fall.

The bakery specialized in homey cookies, cakes and pies.

The odds of finding an orange lobster are 1 in 30 million. The University of New England just released 15 orange babies, no wider than a thumb and no longer than a pinky, into the wild to defy those odds.

Over the past 4 years, Worcester Resources has racked up more than $50,000 in federal fines for workplace safety and record-keeping infractions.

The cuts come after the president vowed to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at ensuring underserved communities have access to the internet and digital technology.

President Trump's rhetoric about Canada and high tariffs have many proceeding cautiously.

A neighborhood group wants to increase public input on projects and operations at Maine's largest airport.