Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) articles from September 2007

Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) archives from September 2007

Arrival of large cruise ship poses challenge for Maine ports.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Tom Bell Sep. 4--As cruise lines continue to build bigger and heavier vessels, ports are struggling to accommodate the ships and the huge volumes of people they discharge at call. In the Caribbean, governments are spending...

Child-care workers plan a union vote.
September 7, 2007... Byline: Tom Bell Sep. 7--About 2,200 child-care providers in Maine will soon vote on whether they want to unionize. Organizers say a union would give the providers a greater voice in shaping state regulations that affect them and more...

Fairchild Semiconductor sells radio unit.
September 7, 2007... Sep. 7--Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland has sold its Massachusetts-based radio frequency unit to Anadigics Inc. for $2.3 million. Anadigics, of Tyngsboro, Mass., acquired Fairchild's RF team, fixed assets, certain leases,...

Restaurants reap benefits from buying local produce.
September 7, 2007... Byline: Edward D. Murphy Sep. 7--The hot trend for restaurants is to buy local produce and cultivate close relationships with the farmers who raise the crops. The owners of Cinque Terre on Wharf Street in Portland have taken that trend...

Ban on midwater herring trawlers working, Maine watermen say.
September 11, 2007... Byline: Tom Bell Sep. 11--Maine's coastal waters are teeming with schools of herring and the silvery fish's predators this summer, according to reports from people who work the waters. "There has been lots of sea life, and it kind of...

Landlords reap benefit from mortgage industry meltdown.
September 18, 2007... Byline: Edward D. Murphy Sep. 18--Turmoil in the mortgage industry is making it easier for landlords to keep their apartments filled. "I may lose three or four people to condo ownership or house ownership (in a typical year)," said...

Development project means boost for downtown Portland, Maine, businesses.
September 25, 2007... Byline: Edward D. Murphy Sep. 25--Vicki Lakeman knows that business will boom once a developer is picked and construction begins on what is expected to be a $100 million redevelopment of the Maine State Pier and nearby land on the eastern...

Costume retailer seeks to revive 51-year-old business.
September 28, 2007... Byline: Edward D. Murphy Sep. 28--People go to see Kris Cornish to look old-fashioned, but she has no interest in running her business like it's the 1950s. Cornish bought Drapeau's Costumes of Maine last summer and has since moved the...