May 18, 2009 EditionEdition

Higher education

Grooming the talent | An innovative program in The County prepares young professionals for career and civic advances

The reporters have their notebooks out. The camera is rolling. Chris Maple, dressed in a dark suit...
Higher education

A matter of degrees | A novel program between Cianbro and Eastern Maine Community College could become a pipeline for better-educated trades people

A new collaboration between Cianbro Corp. and Eastern Maine Community College may be used as a model...
Banking & Finance

Replenishing venture | An effective program may have a new lease on life thanks to a pending bill

For the past seven years, I’ve led a small team at CEI Community Ventures, one of two...
Economic development

Striking local oil | Drilling down to create an energy-efficiency cluster would boost Maine’s economy

“Charting the Course” is written by GrowSmart Maine, a Yarmouth nonprofit that promotes and encourages new ways...
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Nonprofits

Puppy love | A grassroots Searsport nonprofit finds food for the furry ones and offers comfort to their owners

Maine is full of inspiring examples of anthropologist Margaret Mead’s popular quote in action: “Never doubt that...
Small Business

Med head | A conversation with Mark McAuliffe, managing partner of Apothecary by Design in Portland

Founded: November 2008Number of employees: 13Startup costs: $2.5 millionProjected...
Energy & Utilities

Trash talk | The battle between MERC and its host cities continues

After tension between Casella Waste Systems and officials opposed to the company’s trash incinerator in Biddeford boiled...
Transportation

Driving Force | Wright Express builds on fuel card business to keep up in the information age

A 2005 Chevy Express van is traveling 68 miles per hour on Interstate 295 in Glen Allen,...
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Manufacturing

Eye in the sky | Drug runners, illegal immigrants and Mother Nature take note: Telford Group’s blimp might soon be watching

Skybus 80K floats in the stale air of an old Loring Air Force Base military hangar that...
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