The partnership between Pineland Farms and The Black Tie Company began in June 2013 when the two hosted their first Graze dinner. Called “Strawberry Fields Forever,” the event featured all manner of delicious dishes paired with the summer’s first berries. Now in their fifth year, “Graze at Pineland Farms” kicked off the 2017 farm-to-table dinner […]
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Gary R. Sandell
1953 – 2015 FAYETTE — Gary R. Sandell, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 17, after a long period of declining health. He was born Dec. 3, 1953, in Honolulu, Oahu, T.H., a son of Ormond H. and Doris M. Sandell (Waterhouse). He attended classes while living on various naval bases, graduated from Portland High School and […]
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Jack M. Marsh
1924 – 2015 SPARKS, Nev. — Jack Marsh, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 14, while visiting his daughter in Sparks, Nev. He was born on March 1, 1924, in New Britain, Conn. While growing up, he spent his summers at Scout camps in Maine, He started his freshman year at Colby College in […]
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Manufacturing in Maine: From big boats to brain helpers
NEW GLOUCESTER — One Bowdoin company’s specialty: making handcrafted, impossibly thin electrodes for use by brain surgeons. For another company out of East Boothbay, it’s making $30 million super yachts. The Manufacturers Association of Maine’s annual Manufacturing Summit celebrated big and small on Thursday, highlighting the variety of work done here and how there’s room […]
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Maine’s Libra Foundation: Millions in the balance
Many successes and some admitted failures mark the 25-year legacy of Elizabeth Noyce’s giving. The pleas arrive seemingly nonstop, hundreds each year seeking money to build, teach, explore, invest, recreate and renovate. And here, in an office overlooking Portland’s waterfront, a group of four people will weigh each one. Their job: giving away the income […]