March 20, 2006 Edition

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Against the grain | A chat with Paul Benedetto Sandini, owner of Benedetto’s Furniture and Lamp Repair in Kennebunk.

Founded: October 2004 Employees: Two Startup costs: $10,000 Revenues, year one: $40,000 Projected revenues, year two: $80,000 Contact: 985-6444 75 York St., Kennebunk...

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On the beach | York weighs a plan to revitalize the town’s fading York Beach neighborhood as a commercial and recreational center

To those who live in the town of York, York Beach can be seen as the fading...

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Last in a three part series: This way out | Venture capitalists look to public offerings or a company sale Â— known as an...

Imagine that your business has found a venture capital investor (as described in part one of this...

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Trading up | Kevin Adams of Kittery Trading Post discusses the retailer’s impending move into online sales

Say goodbye to your grandfather's Kittery Trading Post. The somewhat dark and cramped store gramps might remember...

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Working the numbers | Job creation emerges as a central campaign theme in the governor’s race

A sunny day early this month found Gov. John Baldacci in Hartland, at a tannery that straddles...

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Southbound | Hopping the Downeaster’s morning run to Boston with a group of regular York County commuters

It's 6:55 a.m., and the 680 to Boston is running late. Word circulates among the small group...

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COMMENTARY: Partner up | Community colleges can offer a wide range of resources to local businesses

Marketing coordinator, York County Community College, Wells Today's economy and business climate are constantly changing, providing us with...

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Delivery man | Stan Bennett’s strategic thinking and attention to detail keeps Oakhurst Dairy growing in the rapidly consolidating dairy industry

Though it seems like a bad joke for a dairy man, Stan Bennett's problem on a recent...

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Prescription for growth | Biddeford looks to a proposed pharmacy school to revitalize its downtown, but must compete with other towns for the tantalizing...

They seem to come and go like tides, new visions for downtown Biddeford's former textile mills ultimately...

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A drop in the bucket | The owners of Snell Family Farm discuss maple syrup and marketing

Standing next to a maple tree in her front yard, Ramona Snell lifts one of the tree's...

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