April 21, 2008 Edition

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Prime cuts | Berwick-based Prime Tanning merges with a major Chinese leather company

After nearly a century of weathering the vicissitudes of fickle markets and changing times, Prime Tanning has...

News

Spud startup | A conversation with Gritty McDuff’s founder Richard Pfeffer on his newest venture, Aroostook Starch Co.

Richard Pfeffer has spent 20 years in the beer business, but now he's into potato starch.Pfeffer, the...

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The spinoff | Dozens of former ATX employees join C.B. Smith in a new call center venture in Caribou

Until last year, C.B. Smith never considered himself an entrepreneur or an executive. He was a telecommunications...

Tourism & Recreation

On the trail | Snowmobiling is big business in northern Maine, but the industry is at a crossroads

Zooming along at 60 miles an hour on a stretch of Aroostook County's 2,300 miles of snowmobile...

Retail & Food Service

The Recession(?)Survival Handbook | The Rules of Surviving a Bad Economy

Foreword Unless you've been living under a rock and subsisting only on grubs and wild blueberries,...

News

Find yourself | A chat with Patti Fousek, founder of CreativeMind Search Marketing in South Berwick.

Founded: September 2007 Employees: None Startup costs: $1,100 Projected revenue, year one: $45,000 Projected revenue, year two: $88,000 Contact: 457-5444 PO Box 84,...

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Crunch time | Fort Fairfield is in the middle of Maine’s potato country, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy breaking into the crowded snack...

Inside a small, weathered building with boarded up windows along Mapleton's main drag, Rhett Fox turns the...

Transportation

Reconnecting the County | The northern Maine economy will see big economic benefits from the north-south highway Â— but only if the road gets...

For more than 20 years, Leaders Encouraging Aroostook Development (LEAD) has worked to enhance the economy of...

Real Estate & Construction

History lesson | Greg Paxton, the new executive director of Maine Preservation, connects the dots between historic preservation and economic development

After less than a month on the job, Maine Preservation Executive Director Greg Paxton is off to...

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