April 19, 2010 EditionEdition

Economic development

Panel calls for Maine sports commission

The sports industry pumps as much as $1.8 billion into Maine each year, and that figure could...
Small Business

Vision quest | A Blue Hill entrepreneur feels the pride and pain of taking a product to market

Nielsen Van Duijn is a Yale-educated architect who lives and works in East Blue Hill. Having lived...
Government & Politics

Taking a toll | Borrowing money to fund essential infrastructure repairs lets politicians off the hook

Maine may have enjoyed a light winter this year, but you wouldn’t know it from the condition...
Higher education

Is a degree for every Maine worker possible?

Director of Adult Education in Wiscasset and student in the Doctor of Higher Education Leadership program at...
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Transportation

Road doctor | The DOT’s Phil Curtis troubleshoots transportation problems on Maine’s byways

The Road Ranger. Minister of Mud, Padre of the Path and his personal favorite, Deacon of the...
Banking & Finance

Financial flow | Resources lining up to help pressed Maine exporters find credit

Thanks to the decreased value of the U.S. dollar and the strength of the euro and the...
Retail & Food Service

Sugar shack | A conversation with Chris Botka, owner of Maine Mountain Maple in Rangeley

Maine Mountain MapleFounded: January 2008Employees: 2Start-up costs: Approximately $63,000Projected revenue, year one: $15,000Projected revenue, year two: About...
Tech

Healthy increases | Growing worldwide demand makes the biotech industry Maine’s export darling

In March, Joe Chandler, owner of Maine Biotechnology Services Inc. in Portland, was making sales calls from...
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Higher education

Getting schooled | Applying the methods of UMaine’s star innovator to the system’s quest for greater relevance in the work force

The energy ratchets up the moment innovator extraordinaire Doug Hall takes the stage at the University of...
Transportation

Riding the waves | The new GM of Casco Bay Lines finds direction on a ferry

When he was hired as general manager of Casco Bay Lines, the year-round ferry service that carries...
News

In short from April 19, 2010 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine’s business community

New Hires Pierce Atwood, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Margaret O’Keefe as a partner...
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