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Hallowell thrives amid challenges : the small city is addressing housing needs, water quality
No full textHallowell\u27s Water Street centers around a three-quarter-mile retail district comprising shops, eateries, and independent businesses. The city of approximately 2,600 is less than 3 miles south of Augusta. The small city is amidst a housing shortage, particularly rental housing. Along with taking on its own housing crisis, Hallowell is planning a purification system for its drinking water, which is endangered by PFAS
Peaks Island Star : October 2025, Vol. 45, Issue 10
No full textThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2025/1009/thumbnail.jp
Homing in on affordable homes : developers get creative to build more \u27missing middle\u27 housing
No full textFrom modular construction to opportunity zones, to a formula to make it affordable to build middle-income housing, private developers are finding various ways to build much-needed affordable and workforce housing. Residential developers highlighted in the article include Jack Soley (Domus), Kara Wilbur and Same Hight (Hight Properties), and Beylin Development
A born entrepreneur : Ben Davis runs two midcoast companies whose products dovetail
No full textBen Davis has started a succession of businesses, but they all seem to have led to the two companies he runs now.OpBox produces a shipping container-like structure that can be adapted for retail use, pop-up stores, restaurants, or recycling centers; for instance, custom Clynk recycling centers and Safe Harbor Marina merchandise shops. The main product of the second business, Edura Marine, is a light but strong structural panel that can be used to produce OpBoxes but also for building and boat construction
A restorer of antique windows created a product that safely strips old lead paint
No full textBagala Window Works, in Westbrook, restores antique windows for museum houses, historic landmarks, and private homes. Owner Marc Bagala developed a 6x6-foot insulated stainless steel box that uses steam to remove paint and asbestos-filled glazing compound which he calls the Steam Stripper
Senior housing crisis : surge of developments seek to meet increasing demand
No full textPeople are living longer and while there are many benefits to longevity, the collision of multiple aging generations is taking a toll on an already burdened housing system. Housing crises are happening throughout the country, with older populations being among the hardest hit. Article lists (page 18) nine recently-completed senior housing developments
Award : 40 under 40
No full textThe 2025 class of the Mainebiz 40 under 40 comes from a range of industries and a number of towns and cities around Maine. These folks are all up-and-comers in their own ways. The article comprises brief interviews of each of the 40 award recipients.
A common thread with the 2025 class is family. Whether they were talking about heroes or who would be their dream dinner guests, the honorees mentioned family members. Grandparents came up most frequently, but so did parents, children, siblings, and a favorite uncle
Printer scrolls with the times : three generations continually adapt as print industry evolves
No full textFranklin Printing began business in the late-1960s as a newspaper publisher, and it thrives today as the three-generation Farmington business has successfully diversified and applied evolving technologies. Printing technology has advanced, but demand for traditional print has plummeted, leaving printers with excess capacity and intensifying price pressures. The decline is projected to continue over the next five years, as digitization threatens industry growth
Peaks Island Star : December 2025, Vol. 45, Issue 12
No full textThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2025/1011/thumbnail.jp
Boats & notes : Midcoast economy depends on boats and tourism, but also needs housing
No full textThe Midcoast has had a number of key developments of late, including the sale of a major boatyard, a yacht launch by a significant boatbuilder, and debate over housing for the missing middle. Article spotlights economic and housing challenges in Belfast and Rockport