February 20, 2017 EditionEdition

🔒Bill to protect Monhegan’s iconic scenery would effectively ‘kill’ offshore wind pilot project

Legislation proposed by Maine Sen. Dana Dow, R-Waldoboro, to prohibit The New England Aqua Ventus 1 project from building two 6-megawatt wind turbines two-and-a-half miles off Monhegan Island could kill the University of Maine-led effort. The project will be the subject of two public scoping sessions this week hosted in Maine by the Department of Energy.

🔒What’s the best way to get a new leader up to speed?

Q: What's the best way to get a newly hired or promoted leader up to speed? ACE...

🔒Maine is where the line between ‘manufacturers’ and ‘makers’ disappears

There's a line somewhere between manufacturers and makers. I'm not sure where it is but it seems...

🔒IN SHORT

New hiresNorton Financial Services in Cumberland Foreside hired Matt Chapman as investment assistant.Scott Simons Architects in Portland...
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🔒Author Kate Cone revisits New England’s growing craft brewing industry

Author Kate Cone noticed a lot of changes in craft breweries and brewpubs since she published her...

🔒This farm encourages weed growth

On a dank Maine winter's afternoon, a guard escorts me into a nondescript boxy building, then takes...

🔒Venture Hall gets $200K boost from MaineHealth, Unum US

Portland-based MaineHealth, Maine's largest health network with member hospitals in 10 communities, and disability insurer Unum US,...

🔒How to: Make manufacturing cool again

The “Five on the Future” Event hosted by Mainebiz recently reaffirmed that manufacturers and other businesses are...
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🔒Bangor startup applies new 3-D technology to accelerate the shoe-making process

Bangor startup L&K Manufacturing, doing business as Cobbler Technologies, has found that sport shoe makers around the globe are looking for ways to make shoe soles cheaper, faster. That's where 3-D technology enters the picture.

🔒Custom Composite Technologies at cutting edge of growing industry

Steve Hassett, president of small Bath-based Custom Composite Technologies Inc., started as a wooden boat builder, but has maneuvered from that historic Maine industry into a new one in which the state is amassing expertise: composite materials.

🔒After long downturn, seaside inns find new investors

Migis Hotel Group's purchase of the Higgins Beach Inn in Scarboroug is part of considerable transactional activity among independently owned hotels along the coast over the past year. Sales of other legacy resorts like the Linekin Bay Resort in Boothbay Harbor and the Colonial Village Resort in Ogunquit reflect a new interest from investors.
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