June 11, 2007 Edition

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Gastro travels | Foodies are noticing Portland, but is Portland paying attention?

Sam Hayward has earned the respect of his fellow Maine master chefs as the granddaddy of the...

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Collect call | Is the FairPoint-Verizon deal a bad connection?

Its been four months since Verizon announced plans to sell its 1.5 million access lines in northern...

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Wake-up call | Vacation habits are changing, and the state’s tourism industry needs to pay attention

Director, the University of Maine System Center for Tourism Research and Outreach; associate professor of marketing, University...

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Sounds of science | After purchasing a competitor, Rudy Graf prepares for big growth at his Waldoboro company, The Science Source

Summer has always been busy for Rudy Graf. His company, The Science Source in Waldoboro, makes equipment...

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Tuned in | Deb Neuman takes to the airwaves with tips, tricks and loads of advice for Maine’s small-business community

Deb Neuman has been preparing for this moment for weeks. The headphones are on. The microphone checks...

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Into the woods | For Maine’s sporting camps to survive, it’ll take a willingness to change with the times

In 2004, Eric Stirling went to Bangor Savings Bank to get a loan to buy West Branch...

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Shaker maker | A chat with Mark McKelvey, founder of Cork Cove Furniture in Chelsea.

Founded: February 2006 Employees: McKelvey, one full-time worker and one part-time worker Startup costs: $150,000 Revenue, year one: $50,000 Projected revenue,...

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Pay to stay? | The state’s tourism industry sounds off on a raft of proposals to raise Maine’s lodging tax

The question shot through the air like an arrow piercing a path to its target. A lone...

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Pushing Vacationland | A conversation with Patricia Eltman, the newly appointed director of the Maine Office of Tourism

In late January, John Richardson, the new commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, named...

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