September 3, 2012 Edition

News

🔒Words that work | Five apt word choices that never fail

We are communicating constantly. But are the real messages we attempt to convey getting across? As social creatures, we long to be understood by others, and we are frustrated when […]

Energy & Utilities

🔒More energy, fewer dams: a new approach to hydropower

A lot of cheering took place on June 11, when a massive excavator's percussion hammer broke through...

Energy & Utilities

🔒Electricity Maine finds 150K customers in a growing market

At first, it was an easy sell. In a time of rising energy costs, central Maine businessmen...

Government & Politics

🔒SBA boosts success stories at new website

The federal Small Business Administration recently launched a new website aimed at promoting stories of entrepreneurship from...

Government & Politics

🔒MSEA gets second try in job dispute

The dispute over the extent of the governor's right to restructure state government as he wishes is...

News

🔒Capitol Update: Budgets underwhelm

State starts budget year above estimatesSales tax lower than expectedOther revenues over projectionsMaine started the new budget...

Energy & Utilities

🔒How 3 ME companies met with charges of market manipulation

Using electricity on a day-to-day basis seems simple — flip a switch, turn a dial, press a...

News

🔒From the editor | Labors of love, or nearly so

Labor Day always provides an opportunity to stop and think about your job and your career.Luckily, I...

Manufacturing

🔒Small innovators tap trends with uniquely Maine goods

In a back room at Falcon Performance Footwear in Auburn, clamps squeeze just-made boots, weights drop on...

Higher education

🔒Blackstone initiative prepares to rev up innovation

John Voltz, the California native and Maine resident who was named executive director of Blackstone Accelerates Growth...

Energy & Utilities

🔒Why Dead River Co. isn’t just an oil company anymore

Energy is dynamic. So is the energy industry with a myriad of factors affecting everything from what's...

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