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Peaks Island Star : February 2024, Vol. 44, Issue 2
Full text linkThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2024/1001/thumbnail.jp
After covid delays, Portland cold-storage warehouse set to open by year\u27s end
No full textDespite supply-chain hurdles, construction of a $55 million cold-storage warehouse in Portland is nearing an end-of-the-year finish line. The temperature-controlled facility on the city\u27s western waterfront is due to become operational by early 2025, ready to handle cargo from food and agricultural products to biopharmaceuticals needing refrigeration
Sears Island will be site of $500M Maine offshore wind-power port
No full textFour years after short-listing state-owned Sears Island among possible ports to help build Maine\u27s nascent off-shore wind industry , Gov. Janet Mills said Feb 20 that the site is the preferred one
Dressed for a new kind of success
No full textCasual Fridays are no longer a thing. Other perks have also come and gone, as employees have learned to value other priorities. In the age of working from home, Zoom shirts and sweatpants for business, it\u27s hard to imagine- 30 years ago, blue jeans were a perk at some blue-chip companies
Being a Community Health Worker in Maine
No full textA look at community health workers (CHWs) and the important role that they play, serving as intermediary between health and social services and the community. MCD Global Health, a public health nonprofit, is implementing a CHW training program in Maine. The article profiles two CHWs who recently completed the training, Solange Tchatat and Axels Samuntu. Tchatat, originally from Cameroon, currently works at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland. Samuntu was a physician in the DCR and is now the outreach and training coordinator for MCD\u27s CHW training program
Solutions to Maine\u27s Workforce Woes
No full textDescription of an event hosted by Portland\u27s Institute for Family-Owned Business which brought speakers together to discuss Maine\u27s workforce shortages and find solutions to the barriers that Maine\u27s recent immigrants face in gaining employment. Digital literacy, English language skills, and transportation are among these challenges
Portland\u27s East End saw a real estate surge in 2005, but not everyone was happy about it
No full textBrief article making reference to the Mainebiz feature printed on 2 May 2005 about real estate development in the Munjoy Hill vicinity. Major changes in the housing market and construction followed the the departure of Bath Iron Works in 2005, with the dry docks area replaced by the Ocean Gateway cruise ship terminal
Farm and fish : the Mi\u27kmaq Nation\u27s thriving farm and fish-growing operation feeds demand for traditional foods
No full textPlans are in the works to expand the Mi\u27kmaq aquaculture and farm enterprises in Caribou, as part of an overall project to share produce and fish within the Mi\u27kmaq community and throughout Wabanaki Nation
Castine at a crossroads, again : after strong summer, town sees another shift in business operations
No full textCastine, a coastal town in Hancock County, is picturesque, and its residents say it has remained so for centuries. The town is steeped in history that predates the American Revolution and is considered one of the oldest towns in New England. After a remarkably successful summer, the downtown has had to rebuild after devastating winter storms in January 2024
Tariff turmoil : how proposed trade taxes might affect Maine manufacturers
No full textMaine manufacturers from craft beverage makers to industrial suppliers are bracing for disruptions from President -elect Donald Trump\u27s declaration of war against imports from China, Mexico, and even Canada- the state\u27s largest trade and investment partner. Tariff-related turbulence goes well beyond Maine, particularly for the nation\u27s 9,900 small and independent craft brewers. The thing that businesses abhor above everything else is uncertainty, says Mike Roughton, executive director of the Manufacturers Association of Maine