Mornings

Curtis Picard: Virtual Eggs & Issues

Photo: Newsradio WGAN

Curtis Picard: Virtual Eggs & Issues

We speak with Curtis Picard, President & CEO Retail Association of Maine in preparation for this mornings Virtual Eggs & Issues.  Join the Portland Community Chamber and a panel of retail industry leaders for a discussion on how supply chain shortages have affected their businesses, and where we can find possible solutions. You will learn more about the overall global disruption, access to inventory, and low product supplies, as well as the effect these challenges have had on employee retention and morale.

Curtis Picard serves as President and CEO of the Retail Association of Maine representing retailers of all sizes statewide. Curtis has more than twenty years of trade association experience and previously worked for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. In his current position, he also helps manage the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association, the Maine Pharmacy Association, and the Maine Society of Health System Pharmacists

Local Headlines

2 days ago in Local

Black bear relocated after wandering through Portland’s Old Port

Police and Maine Game Wardens helped relocate a black bear that was spotted Friday morning in Portland.

2 days ago in Local

2 fishermen charged with assault after crew member dies near Vinalhaven

Two members of a fishing boat crew are charged with assault after another crew member fell into the water and died near Vinalhaven.

2 days ago in Local, National

Pingree, Charles Advance in Governor’s Race; Dunlap Wins Democratic House Nomination

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete this fall to become Maine’s next governor.…

National Headlines

2 days ago in Local, National

Pingree, Charles Advance in Governor’s Race; Dunlap Wins Democratic House Nomination

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete this fall to become Maine’s next governor.…

3 days ago in National

Springsteen, Bono and Stevie Wonder will help the Obamas open their presidential museum

Former President Barack Obama is getting a little help from his friends in celebrating the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago. The guestlist for Thursday's dedication ceremony includes Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera and Bono, along with former Presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

4 days ago in National

A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public this week

Whenever historian Geoffrey Ward visits the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to do research, he finds himself caught up in the spirit of FDR himself, the sense of landed contentment and cheerful disarray that helped define his public image.

5 days ago in National, Trending

Rain along the Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.