It's all in the name
Credit unions change their names to reflect an expanded field of membership

During his four years as president of St. Joseph's Credit Union in Biddeford, Luke Labbe has often been asked…

A neighborhood in transition
Spurred by plans for a new cruise ship terminal, interest in Portland's India Street corridor is on the rise

At the edge of Portland's eastern peninsula is a neighborhood known as Munjoy Hill.

Diamonds are an inn's best friend
A good rating from AAA can help business, but some innkeepers say it's too much trouble

When Cheryl Michaelsen and her husband, Michael LaPosta, bought the Berry Manor Inn in Rockland in August 1998, they had one goal in mind: earning a four-diamond rating from AAA.

On display
The Portland Museum of Art hopes a website redesign will resonate with visitors and produce revenue

In 1997, Time Warner Cable used the launch of the Portland Museum of Art's new website to showcase its then-new Road Runner high-speed Internet service.

Bridging the gap
Maine Telemedicine Services uses videoconferencing to connect doctors and patients in rural Maine. But can the technology pay for itself?

When Ron Emerson thinks about the benefits of telemedicine, he recalls a severely wounded, elderly islander whose home was 25 miles away from his doctor's office on the mainland.

The second life of landfills
Wells thought it had redeveloped an old town dump, but problems with the site continue to perplex town officials

Retirees Lorraine and Donald Reed lived on Abenaki Trail, a subdivision built on the site of a former municipal landfill in Wells, for four years.

From calf to cow
Wolfe's Neck Farm Natural Meats outgrows its nonprofit roots to become a for-profit branded meat company

In 2001, Erick Jensen had an idea: Start an organization that would help Maine farmers get higher prices for their cattle.