July 9, 2012 Edition

News

🔒Pardon, our slip is showing

You never get too full of yourself in journalism. Just when you think you’re on a roll, reality rears up and slaps you upside the head. For instance, a couple […]

Manufacturing

🔒Innovation engineer John Karp helps companies zero in on what works

Here's an opening line that John Karp uses when meeting Maine manufacturers:“Would you like a chance to...

Government & Politics

🔒Making strides

Retirement savings projected Budget expected to be $70-$80 million smaller Reforms credited with impact State retirement system officials told the...

Economic development

🔒A local lawyer launches a crusade to revive the town with 14,000 feet of steel cable

For more than a century, Rumford's downtown has been bookended by two powerful residents: the paper mill...

Higher education

🔒Consider investing in facilitated team building

Workplace teams are not just collections of individuals doing parallel activity. As work becomes more complex and...

Health care

🔒Providers worry over transit model

Sandra Buchanan, general manager of Western Maine Transportation Services, knows her agency from top to bottom. She...

Retail & Food Service

🔒Three Oxford-area companies anticipate more business thanks to casino

When completed, the new Oxford Casino is expected to create over 900 new jobs, carry a $32...

Retail & Food Service

🔒Former Franklin County Chamber director opens a trio of food-related businesses in New Sharon

With business acumen, cooking ability and a deep fondness for barbecue, Lorna Dee Nichols has a taste...

Banking & Finance

🔒Seeking trade opportunities beyond our borders requires financial savvy

I have received many inquiries over the past few months related to Europe's stability, the growth of...

Higher education

🔒Former CEO James Page is all business in his new role as UMS chancellor

Appointed as chancellor of the University of Maine System in March, James Page comfortably wears two hats...

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