“I love helping people create outdoor spaces where they can enjoy nature in their own backyard and wind down at home,” said Mandy Johnson, experienced southern Maine gardener. And while maintenance of existing landscapes has been her business mainstay since it started in 2012 — pruning, weeding, planting, and more — every year she’ll do…
Dorienne Lewin had a vision of a Portland-area fitness community… a welcoming place where people of all ages, interests, and body types could find different classes under one roof for benefits beyond just physical health. She didn’t plan on opening her own studio, but the community of her dreams didn’t exist. So, she opened SALUD…
Dr. Amy Sedgwick is a busy and successful medical practitioner who balances three different missions. First, she’s a board-certified emergency medicine physician and a partner at Intermed, where she practices medicine in Urgent Care. Second, she owns Medicine Within, a Falmouth-based practice offering acupuncture, yoga, myofascial work, and meditation. She told us, “Four years ago,…
Not only has Pam Foster been writing our own quarterly ReveNEWS issues since 1995 (28 years now!) — she wrote our website content. She’s written websites for many, many local small businesses including Maine’s MrLakefront.net and DestinationMaineWeddings.com. One of the most common issues she’s seen with local businesses is that it’s hard to keep up…
Jodi Sperling & Mitch Morgan, Owners/Directors When you imagine going to Maine summer camp as a child, think of Camp Kingswood in Bridgton as the ideal. Its serene lakefront environment has welcomed a few hundred campers each year… for more than 110 years. Jodi Sperling and Mitch Morgan bought the camp in 2020 — the…
Two decades ago, Scarborough, Maine architect Mike Richman never imagined he’d be co-managing a nonprofit camp for kids with Celiac Disease. But when his daughter was 7 and had been living with the disease for years, Mike’s wife discovered Camp Celiac — a special summer camp. They decided to check it out. Mike told us,…
If you’re looking for a mortgage lender… you’ve just found an excellent resource. Mary Miller has been the Branch Manager and Loan Officer at CMG (in Portland) for 2 years, but she started her mortgage industry career in 1982 as a loan processor. Mary chose this line of work as a result of her first…
Back in 2008, we profiled an exciting Portland, Maine-based client of ours called Neko-jin Designs. They specialize in handmade home décor and gifts for all seasons… following the concept of Tadaima, Japanese for ‘I’m home.’ We recently caught up with owners Danelle and Chris to see what’s happening there now. Danelle said, “For over twelve…
Lynda Doughty, Founder and Executive Director of Marine Mammals of Maine (MMoME), was recently honored as a 2021 CNN Hero, woo hoo! This means MMoME is in the running for a major CNN award with a cash grant. To see what they do… visit the client profile we published in 2019. And, visit the CNN…
In 1998, a group of friends in Portland decided to get together and watch Jewish films. And then, over the course of 23 years, the Maine Jewish Film Festival (MJFF) has grown into a beloved cultural arts organization that serves the area year-round. Executive Director Barbara Merson told us, “We primarily focus on films, but…
