April 30, 2012 EditionEdition

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Some sectors show promise as construction rebounds from the recession

National recessions tend to affect New England later and with less severity than the rest of the country. It also takes New Englanders longer to pull themselves out of recession. […]
Professional services

🔒Corporate identity theft threatens Maine businesses

While most Mainers are aware of the dangers of personal identity theft, many business owners remain in...
Real Estate & Construction

🔒Hancock Lumber takes advantage of global demand for Maine’s prized tree

Growing up to 150 feet tall, the Eastern white pine tree is a hallmark of the Maine...
News

🔒Course correction

A friend of mine recently announced she and her husband are selling their 28-acre organic farm and...
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Government & Politics

🔒Robust bond package is vital to Maine businesses

To the editor:Maine's roads and bridges are in rough shape.That's not only bad for motorists, who according...
Real Estate & Construction

🔒Maine homebuyers are embracing a trend toward smaller houses

Add up $4-a-gallon heating oil. Subtract historically low mortgage rates. Divide by the worst housing crash in...
Government & Politics

🔒Brightening skies

Revenue picture improving Budget surplus expected Pattern sparks optimism After three quarters of the state's fiscal year, revenues...
Real Estate & Construction

🔒Art or science?

Most business owners and their advisers are occasionally dependent on commercial property appraisals. “Bewildering” sometimes describes the...
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Energy & Utilities

🔒Six lauded for green stewardship

Gov. Paul LePage handed out the state's first environmental achievement awards since 2005, honoring six organizations with...
Energy & Utilities

🔒Bioplastics cluster gets a toehold

When a group of Maine manufacturers first met two years ago to discuss the emerging field of...
Fisheries & Marine

🔒A Freeport kayak maker and boatbuilding students combine skills to their mutual benefit

One of the oldest manufacturers of canoes and kayaks in the state, Freeport-based Lincoln Canoe and Kayak...
Economic development

🔒Rodney McKay steps down from 45 years of municipal service in Bangor

After 45 years of service to the city of Bangor, Rodney McKay retired April 14. The municipal...
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Government & Politics

🔒Murky ethics in Augusta could chill private business owners seeking public service

Darryl Brown's foray into public service started like that of many others. After working for decades to...
Real Estate & Construction

🔒Your property’s environmental well-being will affect its market value in multiple ways

Trichloroethene. Dichloreothene. Tetrachloroethene. These terms were not covered in Real Estate 101. But they should have been...
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