Kevin Johnson

Working Waterfront

Every picture tells a story… when it’s digitized

By Tom Groening In a corner of a windowless brick building on the Penobscot Marine Museum’s Searsport campus, centuries are colliding. It’s where Kevin Johnson, the museum’s photo archivist, works to ensure that images made in the early 20th century right up through the 1980s are turned into digital files, catalogued,… SEE MORE

Working Waterfront

Maine employers confront seasonal hiring crunch

By William Hall As Maine is poised to record another month of historically low unemployment, many of the state’s businesses are preparing for the season when their demand for workers reaches historic highs. The dilemma brought nearly 100 people to Portland in April for a business forum sponsored by the Portland… SEE MORE