March 19, 2007 EditionEdition

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Family affair | The founders of Echo Rowing build on their father’s legacy of cutting-edge rowing-shell design

Instead, their father, Arthur Martin, took them out in newfangled fiberglass kayaks he designed and built himself....
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Doctor’s hours | A chat with Robert Fried, founder of Medical House Calls of Southern Maine in Portland.

Founded: September 2006 Employees: One Startup costs: $10,000 Projected revenue, year one: $80,000 Projected revenue, year two: $140,000 Contact: 318-5348 211 Marginal Way,...
Nonprofits

Solid Foundation | Hank Schmelzer has built the Maine Community Foundation into a $200 million nonprofit juggernaut. He’s our 2007 Business Leader of the...

Henry L.P. Schmelzer, a.k.a. "Hank," is looking forward to a bright future — he's less than two...
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Working the room | Longtime lobbyist Chris Hall joins the Portland Regional Chamber

Maine is a good place to be a lobbyist. It's easy to bend the ear of a...
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Here come the big jets | Oxford Aviation banks on a $10 million Sanford facility as a way into the lucrative business jet market

Over the years, more and more pilots have set their controls to Oxford, Maine. They come from...
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Nordic conundrum | Maine’s cross-country ski areas fight to hang on amid pressure from nonprofits

Can you still run a for-profit cross-country ski center in Maine? That's the question Nordic ski center...
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Co-branding | Residents’ picks for Biddeford-Saco’s new slogan

The following are actual submissions to a slogan contest sponsored by the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce &...
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New order | As Biddeford labors to shed its rough-and-tumble image, millions of dollars in new investment are steadily reshaping the city

Few things are as hard to shake off as a bad reputation, as Biddeford knows all too...
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