June 10, 2019 Edition

News

🔒Ask ACE: Here’s why ‘project management’ is important

A contributing consultant advises a reader on what "project management" really entails, and why it should matter to businesspeople.

In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for June 10, 2019

New hires Bar Harbor Savings and Loan hired David Cohen as senior vice president and treasurer. Cohen was...

Retail & Food Service

🔒Marcia Feller, owner of Couleur Collection, sees a different hue of fashion

Marcia Feller opened her women's clothing store and art gallery, Couleur Collection, in 2000. She discusses her vision for the Falmouth boutique in this Q. and A., along with some of the lessons she's learned over the years.

How to

🔒Here’s how to determine your marketing budget

If you want to grow your business, you can’t do it without marketing. But not all marketing...

Agriculture

🔒Finding a market: Farmers find ways to grow a profit

The statistics on what it takes to make a living off farming in Maine are sobering. The...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Innkeepers who love the lifestyle must also adapt to hospitality’s changing demands

For 27 years, Scott Cowger has been fascinated by operational changes he’s witnessed in the innkeeping industry. “In...

Retail & Food Service

🔒Rural brewers craft a niche by tapping into a new business model

Breweries in rural Maine are proving that the state's heralded craft beer industry isn't confined to the Portland area.

Aging population

🔒Why this native Mainer moved out of Maine

I was born in Maine in 1990. I was raised and went to high school in Maine....

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Zachau Construction completes new HQ for Hancock Lumber

Hancock Lumber moved into new headquarters at 1267 Poland Spring Road (Route 11) in Casco. Zachau Construction...

News

🔒Saying goodbye after a 35-year career in journalism

Mainebiz Digital Editor Jim McCarthy pens a fond farewell.

Column

🔒Mills winds down busy legislative session with a flurry of new laws

Gov. Janet Mills signed into law legislation to ensure that insurance company medical reviews are conducted by...

Economic development

🔒Ellsworth’s housing shortage goes hand in hand with worker shortage

Mainebiz had its most recent “On the Road” roundtable in Ellsworth. Each year, we visit six places...

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