August 20, 2007 EditionEdition

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Double vision | A chat with Ian Jones, co-founder of Newport Eye Care in Newport.

Founded April 2006 Startup costs: $982,000 Employees: Ian Jones, his wife, Kiran Jones, six full-time workers and one part-time...
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Coming about | The Boat School in Eastport is changing hands, but can it change direction?

Eastport is used to digging in. Here on the easternmost edge of the United States, this city...
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Star crossed | Acadia National Park teams up with night sky enthusiasts to protect the park’s oldest asset — its starry skies

Midnight atop Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park's 1,530-foot peak, used to be akin to free theatre for...
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A look at business that goes on while we sleep

We live in a nine-to-five world. For many, the standard work schedule is so customary, we don't...
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Trailblazer | The rail-to-trail project and Arthur Tenan’s plans for a Cherryfield lodge could be the start of something big Down East

In the strip of land running behind the nine acres owned by Arthur Tenan's mother in Cherryfield,...
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Field work | Barbara Ginley’s goal: to give medical care to Maine’s migrant and seasonal farm workers

This month, blueberry rakers Down East will have a better handle on their job. More to the...
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Planting the seed | Controversy swirls around genetically modified veggies. But will Bt corn help Maine’s farmers?

On July 27, the state reversed its 10-year ban on a kind of genetically modified corn that...
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