January 14, 2008 Edition

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Home base | A chat with Micki Schumacher, co-founder of The Young House Bed & Breakfast in Millinocket.

Founded: May 2007 Startup costs: $320,000 Employees: Schumacher, plus her husband, Fred, part-time Projected revenue, year one: $25,000 Projected revenue, year...

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Welcome home | Maine cities and towns are learning a focused approach and a little ingenuity are key to luring outside companies

Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum threw everything he had at Athenahealth to convince the Massachusetts-based company to...

Real Estate & Construction

City living | Locals say downtown residential development is key to an Augusta revival

Despite an enervated national housing market, Augusta had a growth spurt this past year. The city's first...

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Missing money | Should we be worried about Maine’s growing budget gap?

When Maine's Revenue Forecasting Committee recently predicted a $95.2 million shortfall in the state budget ˆ $37.8...

Manufacturing

Staying local | Cutting costs and staying lean helps Saunders Manufacturing handle foreign competition

Stop me if you've heard this one: Cheap imports from Asia — where workers earn pennies,...

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The old college try | Bernstein Shur attorney Jeff Thaler is a founding member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers

Jeff Thaler felt his world grow smaller last July at the first meeting of the American College...

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Ski lift | Business plan in hand, Mistie Bickford hopes to bring change to Skowhegan’s struggling Eaton Mountain

Eaton Mountain opened for the winter season Dec. 31. A record December snowfall left two feet of...

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Opportunity knocks | Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue on finding jobs, keeping a skilled workforce and handling rumors of a 2010 gubernatorial bid

Peter G. Vigue has been president of Cianbro Corp., Maine's largest construction company, since 1991. He was...

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