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Commentary
- From the Editor
From the Editor: ‘Family-owned’ has a lot of dimensions when it comes to business
Updated: November 4, 2024It’s a story we seem to be hearing a lot recently: A successful niche business, run by passionate owner-operators, is looking for a buyer.
Updated: November 4, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Go East, young startup!
Updated: October 21, 2024While Maine’s midcoast and Downeast regions are often defined by the fishing and tourism industries, they are also notable for a broader range of small businesses and startups.
Updated: October 21, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: ‘40 Under 40’ honorees offer interesting stories, unexpected responses
Updated: October 7, 2024Among favorite quotations, the honorees cited Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill, as well as living sources, from author Alice Walker to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to poet Amanda Gorman.
Updated: October 7, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: From Main Street to solar farms, central Maine is heating up
Updated: September 16, 2024For our focus on Augusta, Waterville and central Maine, there was an abundance of topics to tackle.
Updated: September 16, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: It’s ‘step-up day’ for some Maine startups
Updated: September 2, 2024Some Maine fashion designers are making their first foray into retail spaces. There are coffee purveyors and food makers moving into pop-up shops.
Updated: September 2, 2024 -
- From the Editor
From the Editor: Tackling housing, aquaculture and potatoes in northern Maine
Updated: August 19, 2024Photographer Fred Field has been a road warrior for Mainebiz.
Updated: August 19, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Women to Watch started with a simple premise
Updated: August 5, 2024The Mainebiz Women to Watch program started with a basic question from longtime Publisher Donna Brassard and then-Editor Carol Coultas.
Updated: August 5, 2024 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Maine is trying to create affordable housing, get young people into homes
Updated: July 22, 2024In the Mainebiz print edition of July 22, story topics include affordable housing, younger home buyers and how the Aroma Joe's chain of coffee shops picks locations.
Updated: July 22, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Hospitals are investing in Maine, but challenges remain
Updated: July 8, 2024Despite the wave of hospital expansion, the gap between rural and more urban hospitals continues to pose challenges.
Updated: July 8, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Investments reflect Maine’s commitment to higher ed
Updated: June 24, 2024Any parent with kids at or near college age can’t help but have some anxiety about the high cost of higher education. Yet when we see the kind of investment going into new buildings, campuses and fields of study, parents can’t help but have a twinge
Updated: June 24, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Maine’s economy depends on growth — and, yes, selling Maine
Updated: June 10, 2024It's been said before: Maine may be beautiful, but you can't eat scenery. We need to promote the state as a place to do business as well.
Updated: June 10, 2024 
From the EditorEditor's Note: It takes a village to cover a village
Updated: May 27, 2024It's a good time of year for Mainebiz reporters and photographers to get out on the road.
Updated: May 27, 2024
To the EditorLetter to the Editor: Giving credit where credit is due
Updated: May 13, 2024EqualityMaine deserves recognition for helping change Maine's marriage equality law, which was passed in 2012, a reader points out.
Updated: May 13, 2024- From the Editor
From the Editor: Small business is the backbone of Maine’s economy
Updated: May 13, 2024The SBA counts any business with fewer than 500 employees as a "small business." In Maine, 99.2% of all businesses fall into that category.
Updated: May 13, 2024 - From the Editor
From the Editor: No slowing down for real estate and construction industries
Updated: April 15, 2024Despite higher interest rates, inflation and a host of other challenges, the pace of construction in Maine isn't letting up.
Updated: April 15, 2024 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Mainebiz wins 4 awards from New England Newspaper & Press Association
Updated: April 1, 2024Winners of the 2023 Better Newspaper Competition, sponsored by the New England Newspaper and Press Association, were announced at a gala dinner March 23 in Waltham, Mass.
Updated: April 1, 2024
