Standard Baking Co. is a “best of Maine” staple on Portland’s Commercial Street, offering traditional baguettes, breakfast pastries, and many other popular treats. Their walk-in retail business is about 70% of sales, and their wholesale customers are small, local businesses, including specialty grocers, small restaurants, and coffee shops. Co-owner Alison Pray told us, “Business has…
Avery wears many hats as a food columnist, a stay-at-home mom to a 4-year-old, a landlord, and the co-founder of Portland Protectors, a grassroots effort to make Portland a leading organic city. She’s passionate about Maine’s food industry. She told us, “I love talking to farmers, chefs, and other people about new dishes and new food…
There are many memoirs about grief and loss… but very few offer the reader a unique view of grief through the eyes of a child, explaining their perceptions, questions and concerns in a developmental context. In “I Know it In My Heart,” Cumberland resident and clinical psychologist Mary Plouffe has done both, weaving her personal…
In 2019, Maine stock-racing fans will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Wiscasset Speedway. Rich in history, this 3/8-mile, high-banked oval stock car track officially opened in 1969 and continually boasts the fastest speeds of any track in the state. Current owners Richard and Vanessa Jordan of Kingfield, Maine, have a deep respect for the legendary…
When Rob and Bridget O’Brian took over North Atlantic Inflatables in April of 2014, it was a unique, growing business — the first to bring reliable, safe, high-quality inflatable boats to the US market at reasonable prices. It was a perfect fit for the O’Brian’s, combining Rob’s background as a Naval Architect and a retail…
The mushroom business is… well… mushrooming for the owners of Maine Cap ‘n Stem in Gardiner. Christopher Campbell, a Portland-area architect, co-started the business with friend Erik Lomen in 2013 after finding a market for the wild mushrooms he and his wife would discover while foraging along Maine’s hiking trails. He said, “Erik started selling…
It’s a familiar story. You move to Maine for its quality of life, you fall in love with it, and you decide to invest in its future. That’s exactly what happened to Sally Struever and Peter Eiermann, who moved to Portland 11 years ago from Providence, Rhode Island. In 2016, they purchased the Potter’s Building…
Greenhut Galleries is Maine’s oldest year-round gallery, and it’s been faithfully cultivated and managed by our client Peggy Golden since 1977. In July, Peggy sold the gallery to Kelley Lehr and John Danos — two art lovers who are now living the dream of owning a gallery. We’re delighted that they’re now clients as well,…
Long-time clients Jason Spooner and Neil Arnold have joined forces officially as managers of Portland’s newest web design, development and new-media firm: NEMC. Jason told us, “NEMC is comprised of a diverse and experienced collective of independent Maine-based freelance resources led by me and Neil. We add regular high-end specialist resources (photographers, print designers, videographers,…
Dr. Sansonetti isn’t just a wonderful doctor based in Scarborough, Maine… he’s developed a special reputation for giving each newborn in his medical practice a special gift: a hand-knitted beanie. He was inspired by a book that he bought for his children as a Christmas gift when they were teenagers. It is the story of…
