December 15, 2008 EditionEdition

Small Business

Old Maine | Monuments from the time when a beater car on the lawn meant something

There’s a stretch of road on the way to our camp that makes me feel nostalgic every...
Transportation

Bridge alternatives pursued

This month, Department of Transportation commissioners from New Hampshire and Maine agreed to pursue alternative engineering plans...
Banking & Finance

Credit check | As lending freezes up nationwide, Maine’s small businesses feel the sting

Deborah and Paul Leonard run Mainely Technology, a company that develops websites for small businesses, out of...
Retail & Food Service

Maine’s reliance on retail sector exposes vulnerability | A heavy reliance on sales tax and jobs means Maine’s economy will take a hit from...

When the economy has sputtered, Kim Adams, whose family has sold sporting goods at the Kittery Trading...
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Small Business

Dec. 15 issue of Mainebiz | Table of contents for the Dec. 15, 2008, issue of Mainebiz

Only the articles with links are available online*. Subscribe to the biweekly print edition of Mainebiz. Cover storiesA...
Professional services

Success sells | NotifyMD chose Maine, and now other companies will take notice

It was the summer of 1987 and I was a pilot in a formation of 18 C-130...
Government & Politics

Submerged: Battle over land under the Maine State Pier has ripple effect for Portland

One year after the city chose Portland developer Olympia Cos. to transform its Maine State Pier, the...
Government & Politics

BNAS watch

Just days after squadrons began flying out of Brunswick Naval Air Station for the last time, a...
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Nonprofits

Raising pain: Nonprofit fundraising suffers in recession | An overcrowded nonprofit sector in Maine faces the added challenge of fundraising in a recession

It’s the end of the work day, but Ari Solotoff, executive director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra,...
Professional services

Tough time tips

For businesses and the people who make them successful, these are trying times. At home, it’s often...
Small Business

Westbrook Santa has holiday spirit in the bag

Santa Claus has quite a commute. I’m not referring to that one night a year in...
Professional services

In Short from Dec. 15, 2008 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine’s business community

New Hires The Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health recently hired biomedical research scientists Roger...
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Banking & Finance

Money man | Steve Closson, CEO of Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston, on how his bank stays strong

Steve Closson is busy these days. As the president and CEO of Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston, he’s...
Real Estate & Construction

Building blocks | Our infrastructure scores a middling grade, and that needs our attention

On Dec. 10, the Maine section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE, unveiled an...
Agriculture

Business Incorporations from September 2008 | A selection of Maine limited liability companies registered in September 2008, supplied by the Office of the Secretary...

 10 Kathy Lane, John Geismer, PO Box 7230, Lewiston 04243 14 Boynton Street, J. Daniel Hoffman,...
Marketing & Media

Creative thinking | A conversation with Rand Ardell, principal of Simmons Ardell Design in Portland

Founded: January 2008Employees: Ardell and Jessica SimmonsStart-up costs: $10,000-$15,000Projected revenue, year one: $175,000Projected revenue, year two: $200,000Contact:...
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Real Estate & Construction

Real estate data from Dec. 15, 2008 | Building permits, sales and leases from the Dec. 15, 2008, issue of Mainebiz

Building permits Portland (November 2008) $325,000, 30 Market St., ELC Inc., façade renovation and interior...
Banking & Finance

Credit union, bank pursue historic merger | An unorthodox plan to join a bank and a credit union sparks plenty of criticism

Kennebec Savings Bank President and CEO Mark Johnston remembers a few years ago reading advice in a...
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