What do you get when you mix U.S. warships, a crate race and 20,000 pounds of lobster? The Maine Lobster Festival hits Rockland through August 2, bringing with it Navy vessel tours, professional and amateur lobster cook-offs, an epic ...READ»
I learned an important fact a couple of days ago. I can't throw my funky energy-efficient lightbulbs I recently bought at Target to help keep my electric bill down can't simply be thrown away in 12 years when they burn out. There's ...READ»
In the span of 15 minutes on Tuesday I was laid off from my job managing MaineBusiness.com and given a new job as a night content producer for the Portland Press Herald. I went from working from 6am to 2pm, Monday through Friday and ...READ»
I don’t care if you’re 25 or 55 – putting money away for your retirement years is a necessity. I have compiled some figures from a Fidelity study released yesterday that I got from an article in the Boston Globe.
A ...READ»
Have you heard about the new tobacco pouches? I hadn’t either until I opened the latest issue of Advertising Age. The new pouches – called snus -- look like tiny tea-bag pouches and don’t require a spittoon. They just sit ...READ»
The Boston Globe reports that the unemployment rate in Maine is the highest it has been in 10 years to 5.4 percent for May.
Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman said last month's increase was "unusually large," adding that ...READ»
I understand why unions exist. Fair wages, fair hours, fair benefits. But what happens when you are a part of a union that you don’t agree with?
I am a new hire at MaineToday and the Portland Press Herald. The job I was hired ...READ»
Sovereign Bank has a new television ad out that stars Jerry Remy – the Red Sox analyst on NESN.
I didn’t get this ad at first, even though I know who Jerry Remy is. I read further on down the Boston.com story and found out ...READ»
I will not be at work tomorrow because I will be riding my bike with my friends. No, I am not in the 5th grade, I am the team captain of Two Wrong Turns – my team for the 2008 Trek Across Maine.
The team is made up of myself, ...READ»
The current economic crisis hasn’t affected U.S. Internet advertising spending, according to Massachusetts-based global market intelligence firm IDC. Total revenue for the first quarter increased by 23.9 percent. And although ...READ»
Are rising gas prices keeping Americans from taking their summer vacations? Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a global outplacement consulting firm thinks so. Firm chief officer, John A. Challenger said that with gas prices close ...READ»
