May 28, 2007 Edition

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Paper weight | Maine’s papermakers could benefit from a new tariff on coated paper

NewPage Corp., an Ohio-based company that operates a paper mill in Rumford, showed itself to be anything...

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Furry pharma | On the heels of giants like Pfizer and Merck, Jean Hoffman launches a generic pharmaceuticals business aimed at pets

The robust American pet products industry includes a growing market for pet medications ˆ those life-lengthening pills...

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After the strike | In June 1987, Local 14 walked out of International Paper’s Jay mill. Twenty years later, the legacy of Maine’s most...

Twenty years haven't blurred Roland Samson's memory of the day he decided to strike the Andro mill. It...

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Start it up | At Maine Cat, Dick Vermeulen hopes to land customers with a new line of power catamarans

On a breezy day last March, the prototype of the world's first diesel/ electric-power catamaran entered the...

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Creative thinking | Penobscot Bay Media lands a spot in a lucrative federal contract program

Sen. Olympia Snowe was thrilled. When she found out that Penobscot Bay Media in Camden was accepted...

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Big-box dilemma | Belfast’s got plenty of jobs and a local economy that’s humming along. So why is its retail sector stalled?

If you ask Mike Hurley, Belfast has changed. It used to be that poultry and fish processing...

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The motion of the ocean | A chat with energy investor Matthew Simmons on his plans for an ocean energy research institute in Rockland

Earlier this year a group of investors, including local business owners and a few seasonal residents of...

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Knit picking | A chat with Rose Marie Mayer, founder of Ewe & Me in Brunswick.

Founded: January 2006 Employees: Mayer and her daughter, Ingrid Waite Startup costs: $20,000 Revenue, year one: $45,000 Projected revenue, year two:...

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Come together | Gateway 1 aims to bring collaboration to Route One planning in the midcoast

Every night, Jennifer Merritt's home shakes as trucks rumble down the section of U.S. Route One in...

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