September 22, 2014 EditionEdition

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🔒Small Maine farms and niche food makers must be crafty to distribute to broader markets

Sitting at the kitchen table in his Nobleboro farmhouse, Robert Spear, a third-generation farmer, juggles conversations between his guest and a series of phone calls to and from prospective produce […]
Health care

🔒Harvard Pilgrim joins Anthem, Maine Community Health Options in state’s ACA exchange

After being on the sidelines during this year's rollout of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchange...
In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresBernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Richard Prentice as a shareholder in the firm's...
News

🔒Putting the Maine in Mainebiz

One of the things that we've been trying to do at Mainebiz is get out to visit...
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Health care

🔒Hospitals in transition: Maine’s hospitals face challenges to their own well-being

It's hard to keep up with the changing landscape of Maine's 37 hospitals. Consider that just in...
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🔒‘Sunglasses on steroids’ entrepreneur raises $350K on Kickstarter

If you're seeking to fund a cutting-edge product, why go to a bank or your own reserves...
Marketing & Media

🔒Sunrise Coast so-long: A Downeast newspaper will cease publication in November

One of the key things about the Downeast Coastal Press, a weekly newspaper founded in Cutler 26...
News

🔒On Vinalhaven, an effort to market craftspeople

Christine Williams has been a summer regular on Vinalhaven and North Haven islands for decades. An artist...
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News

🔒Politics & Co.

Election Day is six weeks away and while the race is shaping up, somebody's gotta lose. And,...
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🔒Naturally Jammin, a homegrown business with a healthy product, sees rapid growth

Geraldine “Jeddy” Nevells, the creator of a briskly selling line of honey-sweetened jams, Naturally Jammin, wasn't thinking...
How to

🔒Manage bad news and stem morale issues

I had botched it — badly. Unmistakably. An assignment had gone well, and it was obvious the...
How to

🔒Keep independent contractors independent

“Contract laborers,” “freelancers,” “casual workers,” “contract employees” — all fall under the category of independent contractors. But...
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🔒Letter to the editor

In an interview with Bill Ryan (“Two decades of change in banking,” Sept. 8) the retired bank...
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