Reel Action Charters based in South Portland has just added three new boats to their charter fleet, which makes them one of the largest charter fleets in New England. They have added a 58ft yacht, a 36ft Albemarle sportfishing boat, and a 24ft Albemarle center console. With the additional boats, they can now handle charters from all price points. All the boats were purchased from a local Maine dealership.
Clark Associates Insurance, an employee-owned company with 70 employees in Portland, Windham, Saco and Manchester, NH is growing. In preparation for the pending economic turn around, they have hired three new employees in their Portland office since February 1, 2009.
Prime Motor Group of Saco and Scarborough continues to keep on rollin’ with an
astounding 586 cars sold at their stores in March! According to Ira Rosenberg,
there have been Saturdays when his new Toyota store looks like Grand Central Station.
This year’s dance was hosted by the girls volleyball and hockey teams with the boys football team coming on board for the first time. A record 500 tickets were sold, packing the newly renovated Italian Heritage. In total the event raised $14,000 as the live auction brought in another $7000 to the ticket sales with Kim Block and Charles Crosby wooing the bids..
Bad news just doesn’t work at Patriot Subaru. In these tough times they have continued to set records. This year they are 31% ahead of a record year in 2008. In March they were the 4th largest Subaru dealership in New England and are currently the 25th largest in the country. The lifetime warranty on both new and used cars truly resonates in these economic times, when people are making long-term decisions.
This May, Sea Dog Brewing Company will open a new restaurant at 125 Western Avenue, South Portland in the former Eggspectation building.
Sea Dog Brewing Company is a locally owned Maine business with brew pubs in Topsham and Bangor. Both these locations serve lunch and dinner daily. The new South Portland location will be open for breakfast (served all day) as well as lunch and dinner.
Job applicants are invited to come to the restaurant on Tuesday mornings from 9-11am and Thursday afternoons from 1-3pm to fill out an application.
In February, a student at Greely High School with Downs Syndrome was sent into the school’s basketball game, and proceeded to score 2, 3 pointers! Since then his life has really changed, with interviews, a spot on Good Morning America, and the buzz of the school. Now CBS wants to do a spot with him for the Final Four!
The Maine Real Estate Network, opened in January 2008, smack in the middle of a bear real estate market, has signed on 40 plus professional agents in this short period. By offering creative compensation packages and unmatched service to it’s agents, TMREN is a prime example of “Good News” in the Portland area.
Portland’s easygoing quality of life is praised in the April 1st feature. The list was compiled based on a leisure index, crime data and 5-year cost of living average and unemployment figures. Kudos for local highlights go to Grittys, Cinque Terre, Blackpoint Inn and Cold River Vodka!
April 1st, Reported by Keith Shortall, of MPBN News
You may have noticed that there isn’t a lot of “good” news coming out of your radio these days. Enter Bob Cott and Sam Surprise, who feel that a number of success stories are being ignored in favor of a constant barrage of gloom and doom.
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