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Peaks Island Star : February 2025, Vol. 45, 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_2025/1001/thumbnail.jp
Peaks Island Star : March 2025, Vol. 45, Issue 3
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_2025/1002/thumbnail.jp
Peaks Island Star : September 2025, Vol. 45, Issue 9
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_2025/1008/thumbnail.jp
Supporting immigrant women navigating a new life : Claudette Ndayininahaze builds off her experience to help others
No full textClaudette Ndayininahaze founded In Her Presence with a focus on helping women develop language skills and cultural navigation. Over the past decade, the Portland-based nonprofit has expanded programming to include workforce development, leadership training, advocacy, and health & wellness initiatives to equip women with the tools they need to thrive
Finding a way : Kevin Bunker and Laura Reading are tackling Maine\u27s affordable housing crisis
No full textKevin Bunker is founder and Laura Reading is director of affordable housing at Developers Collaborative, a leading developer of affordable housing and practitioner of smart growth principles. Affordable family, senior, and workforce housing projects span from Portland to Ellsworth. Other projects include commercial, market-rate housing, and historic redevelopment projects
Solutions-focused science : Deborah Bronk steers Bigelow Lab expansion to boost reach, programming
No full textDeborah Bronk is president, CEO, and a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, in East Boothbay, which will soon open its $31 million, 25,000-square-foot Center for Ocean Education and Innovation, to support expanded programming and solutions-focused science. Bronk\u27s fascination with microscopic organisms and the ocean guided her career, including three decades of research cruises and field expeditions spanning the poles. Bigelow Laboratory gets about half of its funding from federal grants
Portland at a crossroads : downtown safety tensions taking a toll on small businesses, real estate
No full textGraffiti, overflowing trash cans, drug paraphernalia, boarded-up windows, and barricaded entryways are common sights, with close to a dozen vacant storefronts, laying bare the economic cost to a city that prides itself as a tourist mecca. Today, the small city has big-city problems.
Article addresses downtown blight, with observations from residents, business owners, and developers. Page 15 includes a map of vacant commercial spaces situated on Congress Street, between Congress Square and Monument Square. Sidewalk cleanup efforts by the organization Portland Downtown are also described
Capital gains : how women are transforming the inverstment landscape
No full textAs more women control capital, they\u27re not only building their own portfolios but also breaking barriers in early-stage investing to support innovation and the next generation of women-led startups
Buy low, sell higher : despite Maine\u27s pricey housing market, \u27flippers\u27 are turning bargains into profit
No full textFlipping houses is an activity that has gained a higher profile in Maine and nationwide thanks in part to the popularity of reality television shows including Magnolia Network\u27s Maine Cabin Masters set in the Pine Tree State.
In Maine and elsewhere, flippers range from those out to make a quick buck with superficial changes, to build-and-design purists who see themselves as preservationists.
Nationwide in 2024, close to 300,000 single-family homes and condos were flipped, representing around 7.6% of total home sales, according to Attom, a California-based land, property data and real estate analytics firm. The percentage was lower in Maine, at 5.5%, or 1,117 houses flipped last year. That puts Maine at No. 34 among 50 states
Manufacturing the future : UMaine\u27s advanced capabilities advance companies and workforce for the 21st century
No full textThe Advanced Manufacturing Center, at the University of Maine in Orono, started in 2002 to support manufacturing in Maine. The Center\u27s 30,000-square-foot building, completed in 2004, now houses $6 million worth of equipment.
As an example, the Center has been instrumental in helping defense contractor Compotech, which is based in Brewer, to automate its process for tasks such as sanding, drilling, welding, and packaging. Another example is how the Center helped the Shaw & Tenney wooden oar company, Woodland Oar & Paddle, refurbish its 1900s-era production lathe with 3D printed components