April 17, 2006 Edition

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Putting out the welcome mat | Aroostook County looks to a new tourism business plan and impending resort feasibility study for strategies to diversify...

Economic developers are often encouraged to think big, and that's exactly what local and regional leaders are...

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Plan B | Jim Lehner discusses Plum Creek Timber Co.’s new Moosehead development proposal

For a year, Jim Lehner has been the frontman for Plum Creek Timber Co.'s controversial plan to...

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Seeking self-reliance | With a track record of controversial proposals and painful business failures, Maine’s Indian tribes struggle for economic independence

Tim Love, a former Penobscot Nation governor, can recite a list of tribal economic mistakes that would...

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Trail mix | Entrepreneurs and investors trade the boardroom for a chairlift at a recent networking event

Looking for money is nothing new to Jay Friedlander. As chief operating officer of O'Naturals, a Portland-based...

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Help wanted | A chat with Larry Conrad, director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service center in Limestone, on the office’s impending expansion...

After spending the past 37 years crunching numbers at military installations from Denver to Deutschland, Larry Conrad...

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Cattle country | Fort Fairfield anticipates an economic boost from Pineland Farms Natural Meats’ new,

If you ask Erick Jensen what's new at New Gloucester-based Pineland Farms Natural Meats, he's likely to...

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Under one roof | Vendors want to recreate the all-but-dead Portland Public Market elsewhere

In early February, Bill Milliken read a news report that the Portland Public Market, where Milliken co-owns...

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Wing man | Jeff Russell bets on the romance of classic Piper Cubs to get his new Millinocket flight school off the ground

Probably every little boy, at some point, wishes he could fly. As an eight-year-old, Jeff Russell's longing...

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New original | A chat with Kimberly Kennedy, owner of The Silver Basket in Presque Isle.

Founded: June 2005 Employees: Two Startup costs: $13,000 Projected revenues, year one: $84,000 Projected revenues, year two: $96,000 Contact: 764-0086 404 Main St.,...

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