September 8, 2014 Edition

News

🔒Maine’s history of principled politicians in the U.S. Senate

I am still relatively new to Maine, but I have been struck by the stalwarts the Pine State has elected to the U.S. Senate. Edmund Muskie, a Rumford native who […]

Fisheries & Marine

🔒Groundfishing aground? The rise and fall of Maine’s offshore fishing industry

Inside the Portland Fish Exchange's cavernous warehouse on a hot summer's morning it's unseasonably cold, 38 degrees...

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🔒It takes a team

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves...

Agriculture

🔒Know your farmer: Locally sourced food trend buoys Maine farms

There's a road down the middle of Nezinscot Farm in Turner. On one side sits the state's...

News

🔒A natural comeback

Wooden boat-building in Maine has earned a small but robust niche in a field today dominated by...

News

🔒Our story isn’t ours alone

For our 20th anniversary issue, Mainebiz wanted to look at two decades of business through the eyes...

Health care

🔒Health care crossroads: Rising costs coupled with need to be affordable

When Lois Skillings talks about the future of health care in Maine, she likes to use the...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Forest products industry puts $8 billion into Maine’s economy

At quick glance, the aerial view of Maine's forest products industry looks pretty much the same now...

Energy & Utilities

🔒Oil, propane expected to remain stalwarts as Mainers try new energy sources

When natural gas installations went on a tear last year, potential industrial and residential users looked forward...

Manufacturing

🔒Decades of tide changes: Investments help Bath Iron Works maintain its shipbuilding prowess

Shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works began the new year of 1994 with 12 reasons for optimism. That's...

Manufacturing

🔒An industry, changed but still viable: One man’s tale of Maine manufacturing

If you need a storied perspective of Maine's manufacturing industry over the last few decades — with...

Higher education

🔒Maine’s mix of colleges and universities have created an ‘education hub’

Laurie Lachance admits that, until recently, she never expected to end up serving as a college president...

Marketing & Media

🔒Growth engine: Faster broadband seen as essential for Maine’s economy

Nowadays, if your office Internet connection fails, even briefly, all work grinds to a halt. But only...

In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresThe Institute for Family-Owned Business in Portland hired Catherine Wygant Fossett as executive director. Wygant Fossett...

Banking & Finance

🔒Mergers and regulations: Two decades of change in banking

One thing Bill Ryan learned during his long career in banking is that there is opportunity in...

News

🔒Mainebiz presents a 20-year retrospective of doing business in Maine

For our 20th anniversary issue, Mainebiz wanted to look at two decades of business through the eyes of business...

News

🔒Reflecting on 20 years: Other 20-year-old companies look back

While this issue is devoted to the 20th anniversary of Mainebiz, we asked founders or leaders at...

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🔒‘He wheeled and dealed’: An interview with Mainebiz founder Jon Whitney

On any December day in 1994, a lone figure could be seen urging a hand truck stacked...

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