July 28, 2008 EditionEdition

Small Business

Building incorporations from 7/28/08

A selection of Maine business incorporations from May 2008, supplied by the Department of the Secretary of...
Real Estate & Construction

The next stage | Saying goodbye to John Butts, executive director of the Associated General Contractors of Maine

Maine’s construction industry is losing one of its most tireless advocates, John Butts, to the benefit of...
Energy & Utilities

Ready for battle | Maine needs to do more than hold its ground against rising energy prices

On July 2, 1863, a group of Mainers held the future of the United States in their...
Small Business

Getting there from here | The time-honored exercise of giving and getting directions, Maine-style

With Maine’s tourist season in full swing, it’s probably time to review some basic, time-honored Maine customs...
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Energy & Utilities

Pulp problem
 | The future of bankrupt Red Shield depends on the price of wood


Red Shield Environmental LLC, the company that had promised to modernize a shuttered Old Town mill and...
Small Business

Hot jobs | Summer is short,
but these four Maine entrepreneurs make their living when the weather is at its best

Summer is the season for winter-beaten Mainers to relish some of the smaller but perhaps more satisfying...
Banking & Finance

Money maker | A conversation with Barry O’Brien, founder of O’Brien Asset Management LLC in Eliot.


Founded: September 2007â€&Copy;Employees: Noneâ€&Copy;Startup costs: $5,000â€&Copy;Projected revenue, year one: $75,000â€&Copy;Projected revenue, year two: $150,000â€&Copy;Contact: 457-0346 â€&Copy;382 Goodwin...
Real Estate & Construction

Extreme makeover | New tenants and a hands-on development approach mean big changes for a once-seedy section of Portland’s Old Port

When Steve Baumann’s family bought two blocks of building in the heart of the Old Port in...
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Real Estate & Construction

Cleanup crew
 | Thanks to a jump in government funding, environmental remediation companies like Portland-based Credere Associates are keeping busy

With its picturesque Victorian white bell tower and its prime location in the heart of the village,...
Real Estate & Construction

Condo crazy
 | While some condo developers are sitting pretty, others are going nuts trying to unload unwanted units

When the housing market goes soft, condominiums feel it too. Developers who a few years ago were...
Professional services

Start-up space | Steve Bazinet is 
the new executive director of the Maine Center for Enterprise Development

On a Monday afternoon in mid-July, the Maine Center for Enterprise Development is pretty quiet. The business...
Real Estate & Construction

Real estate data from 7/28/08 issue

Building permitsâ€&Copy; Auburn (June 2008)â€&Copy; $6,345,400, 670 Turner St., Auburn Court LLC, commercial construction, contractor: Procon Inc....
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Small Business

In short from July 28, 2008 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine’s business community

New hires â€&Copy; LeRoux Kitchens in Portland recently hired Suzie Rephan as regional retail manager of its...
Energy & Utilities

Fill ‘er up
 | With fuel prices staying above $4 a gallon, Maine businesses look to attract customers with the lure of free gas

As high fuel prices force more consumers to tighten their belts and forgo expenses not essential to...
Professional services

Shop cop 
 | Former police detective Tom Yake investigates America’s biggest retailers for corporate governance misdeeds

Tom Yake, founder of Yake & Asso­ciates Inc., a corporate governance research firm in Kennebunk, learned some...
Real Estate & Construction

Punch list
 | Opportunities abound for Maine’s construction industry – but only if we can seize them

It is often said that we all talk about the weather, but nobody does anything about it....
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