March 18, 2013 Edition

Agriculture

🔒Maine syrup makers brace for widespread variability

While most Mainers enjoy the kickoff of the state’s maple season in late February or early March, Eric Ellis’s syrup season kicked off in late January, with his workers beginning […]

Agriculture

🔒Belfast food hub creates new market for local vendors

The world almost didn't get to taste Julie Romano's salsa. For years, Romano's family urged her to market...

Government & Politics

🔒Charlie Miller reflects on his time leading Bernstein Shur

Charlie Miller's journey to the corner office was not typical. After graduating from Colby College in 1969,...

Small Business

🔒Research an industry using library resources

So you've decided to unleash your inner entrepreneur and wonder how to get started. Perhaps surprisingly, the...

News

🔒Recognizing the best

I think successfully navigating change and controversy are key hallmarks of a good leader. Pretty much anyone...

Government & Politics

🔒Both parties zero in on liquor contract to pay hospitals

As Democratic legislators and Gov. Paul LePage started debates last week on competing proposals to renegotiate the...

Energy & Utilities

🔒Boothbay electricity project aims to change the grid

The hottest hours of the hottest days on the sprawling fingers of the Boothbay peninsula come close...

Subscriber Only

🔒A revived VillageSoup operation continues to grow

In 2012, the abrupt demise of Village NetMedia, the parent company of multiple weekly newspapers in central...

Energy & Utilities

🔒CMP chief Sara Burns thrives amid change and challenge

Sitting at the head of a boardroom conference table on the fourth floor of Central Maine Power...

News

🔒Introducing Mainebiz’s 2013 Business Leaders of the Year

Energy, finance, housing. Each of these three sectors has been tested by tremendous change and mounting challenges...

In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresThe Bangor YMCA recently hired Diane Dickerson as executive vice president of marketing, development and community...

Banking & Finance

🔒CEO David Desjardins leads Acadia FCU to prosperity

David Desjardins doesn't have anything against technology; he just prefers to conduct business face-to-face. So when one of...

Government & Politics

🔒CEO Dana Totman gets Avesta in gear

When Dana Totman was first courted by the board of York-Cumberland Housing in 2000, the then-deputy director...

Economic development

🔒New educational collaboration model gains steam

Ten years ago a group of Knox County business leaders, elected officials and economic development folks confronted...

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