Renee Cordes

Portland-based Lucas Tree Experts is celebrating its centennial with a $500,000 permanent endowment to advance integrated vegetation management research across the United States and Canada.

For the latest installment of her monthly “Street Sense” column, Renee Cordes checks in with artists in studios and on the street in the city’s the first F

The projects aim to enhance economic development, support workforce housing construction, expand child care options and fund infrastructure improvements across rural Maine.

With summer officially beginning this weekend, Mainebiz asked a dozen business and nonprofit leaders to reflect on the summer jobs that left the biggest impression.

The 49-year-old former House Speaker will face Republican Bobby Charles and independent Rick Bennett in November's general election.

"Many educators have never had the opportunity to step inside a manufacturing facility," said John Lewis, executive director of the Manufacturers Association of Maine. “Every educator who participates has the potential to influence hundreds of students throughout their career."

“We'd like to give our employees the best views from the new building of the capital and the river,” Andrew Silsby, president and CEO, told Mainebiz.

Bangor native Troy Trejo, a health care industry veteran who previously worked for MaineHealth , will lead Encompass Health Rehabilitation of Bangor as the institution's first CEO, the company announced.

"At a time when many postsecondary institutions in the Northeast face enrollment challenges, the University of Maine System is growing," said Dannel Malloy, chancellor of the University of Maine System.

Court filings document how KV Tooling, a precision tool manufacturer, financed growth by taking on debt while facing rising costs and tight margins.