August 30, 2004 EditionEdition

Tax tips for business travel | Pointers on making sure you comply with IRS rules for deducting business travel expenses

Senior manager, Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, Portland When you head away on a business-related trip, remember that...

Conference call | Business groups are an increasingly attractive clientele for the state’s hotels and resorts

In 1872, Kathryn Weare's great-grandparents opened the Cliff House Hotel in Ogunquit. During the hotel's early years,...

Flight check | The busy charter business provides opportunities for Maine’s small aviation firms

Last year, Bangor-based Telford Aviation ceased operating cargo and passenger flights on the East Coast to concentrate...

Blind ambition | A chat with Ed Platts, owner of Designer Blinds of Maine in Gorham.

Founded: November 2003 Annual revenues, 2003: $2,000 Projected revenues, 2004: $25,000 Address: 22 Maple Ridge Rd., Gorham Phone: 839-8788 Web: www.designerblindsofmaine.com Describe what...
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Taking on the old boys | A Portland author’s new book details a groundbreaking sex discrimination case

You'd think Marge Stockford had planned it this way. Just as her book, The Bellwomen: The Story...

The Pine Tree pitch | The state begins marketing its economic incentive program

Since Gov. John Baldacci announced his Pine Tree Zone incentive program in March, the initiative designed to...

FIRST PERSON: Confessions of a road warrior | Tips on flying the not-so-friendly skies, surviving airline food and avoiding expense account hell

Note to business travelers: don't. But if you must travel on business, only travel transatlantic. And if you must...

The personal touch | Furniture maker Bill Huston tries to balance attention to customers with the need for growth

Students moving into Princeton University's new Ellipse Dormitory this month undoubtedly will be busy with the typical...
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Laying the groundwork | Glenn Cummings leads Southern Maine Community College’s effort to teach

More than half of the students at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland are interested in...
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