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April 4, 2016 EditionEdition

🔒Loggers suffer one-two punch with mill and biomass plant closures

Even in the best of times, logging is not for the faint of heart. “There are so many factors you have to deal with,” said Tom Cushman, owner of Maine Custom Woodlands.

🔒With approach of summer and centennial, Acadia braces itself

Visitation at Acadia National Park this past January and February shot up by 45% over the same time period in 2015 — from 23,000 to 34,000 — a huge increase for the winter months. Was it the mild winter? Low gas prices? Or the growing buzz about the National Park Service's centennial?

🔒Hospitality no small industry in Maine

Back when I was a mere vacationer in Maine, spending a week or two at a time...

🔒IN SHORT

New hiresNAI The Dunham Group, a commercial real estate firm in Portland, hired T.C. Haffenreffer. Previously, Haffenreffer...
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🔒What might negative interest rates mean to Maine?

There's been a lot of guessing about whether the Federal Reserve will proceed with its December plan to raise interest rates four times this year or possibly only two, given the economic turmoil in the first quarter.

🔒The wit and wisdom of Pineland Farms Potato Co.’s Rodney McCrum

I've interviewed hundreds of people in all walks of life during my 30-plus years as a working...

🔒Navigate new EMV chip-card standards

If you have not transitioned your payment systems to comply with EMV chip-card standards, you are now liable for chargebacks related to counterfeit card fraud.

🔒Aerosmith drummer’s unlikely business venture into USDA organic certified, single-source coffee

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has traveled the world many times over, but couldn't often find a tasty cup of coffee. “My wife Linda suggested, 'Well, why don't you do something about that?'”
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🔒Saving on energy costs, one gelato flavor at a time

Fred Horch and Pat Coon, co-founders of Spark Applied Efficiency, have been helping Gelato Fiasco make a lot more gelato in its expanded “flavor foundry” in Brunswick while using a lot less energy and water.
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