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September 27, 2004 Edition
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Next: Oceans of opportunity | Don Perkins President, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland
When Don Perkins wants to offer a different perspective on the Gulf of Maine, he pulls out...
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Hot to trot | Bangor’s Nyle Special Products has big expectations for its new cold climate heat pump
It is early on a recent Friday afternoon and Duane Hallowell, the fresh-faced general manager of Nyle...
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Next: Developing balance | Diane Doyle President, Doyle Enterprises, Saco
Diane Doyle's approach to development is so smart and reasonable that it's baffling she's actually an industry...
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Consensus bureau | A chat with Craig Freshley, principal of Policy Development Inc. in Brunswick.
Founded: March 2003 Revenues, year one: $43,000 Projected revenues, year two: $60,000 Address: 98 Maine St., Brunswick Phone: 729-5607 Web: www.policy-development.com Describe what...
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Next: The gospel of change | Dianne Tilton Executive director, Sunrise County Economic Council, Machias
When Dianne Tilton moved back from Concord, N.H., in 1988 to Harrington ˆ— the small town in...
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Next: Local connection | Fletcher Kittredge Founder and CEO, Great Works Internet, Biddeford
In the late 1990s, many small, venture capital-backed telecom startups were crushed under the weight of their...
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Shock to the system | University of Maine System Chancellor Joseph Westphal’s reorganization plan is approved by trustees
During the past few months, the chancellor of the University of Maine System, Joseph Westphal, has been...
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Next: Art for all | Todd Bernard Founder and creative director, SPACE Gallery, Portland
The September calendar of events at SPACE Gallery in Portland is a hyperactive listing of literary readings,...
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After the casino | A conversation with former Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Barry Dana about tribal economic development in the aftermath of last year’s...
It was a compelling story: A Maine tribe wants to grow financially so it comes up with...
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Next: A traditional economy | Theresa Secord Executive director, Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Orono
When the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance was formed in 1993, the average basketmaker in the state was...
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Next: Ski lift | Roger Arsenault President, Black Mountain of Maine Operating Board, Rumford
People who complain about long winters and deep snowdrifts don't get much sympathy from Roger Arsenault. The...
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Next: Aggressive science | Joseph Verdi Principal investigator, Center for Regenerative Medicine at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough
When Maine Medical Center in 2002 was ranked as one of the top 16 major teaching hospitals...
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Crafting a market | The Maine Highlands Guild helps artisans and craftspeople in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties find buyers for their goods
Everyone, it seemed, wanted baby bonnets. At the New York International Gift Fair in August, the angora...
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COMMENTARY: The promise of the Penobscot | A major conservation project hopes to bring new life to a “signature river” and
Director, Penobscot Partners, Augusta The Penobscot River and its people are on the verge of making river history....
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Rolling on the river | Bangor welcomes day cruises on the Penobscot once again, hoping this time it’s for good
For the first time in five years, a day cruise ship sailed out of Bangor this summer...
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Next: Crossing the town line | Ryan Pelletier, Town manager, St. Agatha
Unlike many of his peers, Ryan Pelletier never considered moving away from Aroostook County. Youth migration is...
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Bag of tricks | Accessories Unlimited’s new owner pumps up the sales and marketing effort
For 36 years, designer Chris Birchfield was something of a reluctant business owner. Though she loved creating...
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Folk rocks | Buzzing from the economic jolt of the National Folk Festival, Bangor plans its own independent version for next summer
Even while local organizers continue to count contributions for the National Folk Festival, which wrapped up its...
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Next: Voice of the people | Juan Gonzalez Owner, La Bodega Latina, Portland
Juan Gonzalez jokes that he opened his store, La Bodega Latina, on Portland's Congress Street eight years...
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