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Business that have operations north of Bangor or outside the I-95 corridor are well acquainted with the frustrations of arranging shipping.
Anytime journalists are looking for information on your company, they will inevitably start by looking at your website.
In a September National Geographic article, climber Mark Jenkins tells how he and his team tried, and only barely failed, to summit Hkakabo Razi (KA-kuh-bo RAH-zee) in Myanmar.
I had a lot of time to think as I completed an 11-mile hike up and down Katahdin in Baxter State Park with my 26-year-old son, Nick, in mid-August. None of it had anything to do with the Katahdin region's economic challenges. That came later.
Ask any seasoned business leader to reveal the secrets to success, and one of the first things he or she will mention is a strong contact list.
Downtowns in transition is not a new theme. We in this country have been talking about downtown renewal, “urban renewal,” for half a century, going back to the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s.
Wellness programs have many well-documented benefits and a growing number of employers offer them as a way to control health care costs. But wellness programs also come with some potential liabilities.
The change of Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston from a youth to an adult prison will result in at least 35 positions being cut, according to the Maine State Employees Association.
The founding of the Sisters of Mercy, a religious congregation dedicated to the concerns of women and children, was inspired by Mother Catherine McAuley's confrontation with poverty and the oppression of women.
A small family farm in Freedom is planning to change its name after being sued by a multinational tomato-growing firm over a trademark dispute.
In October 2011, more than a year before his election as Maine's junior U.S. senator, Angus King wrote a commentary for Bowdoin College's student newspaper suggesting that free trade isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
As a newly minted member of the Legislature, I wanted to be on the Energy, Utilities and Technology committee. My goal is for Maine to have the cheapest, cleanest power in the nation.
I like your focus on real business in Maine. We continually underestimate the vibrancy of the Maine economy and often miss the point when we try to stimulate growth. Maine is really a micro-business state, not a small business state.
While the availability of programs to promote economic development for municipalities are few and far between, Maine law provides one important tool — tax increment financing.
It's always good when a reporter comes back from an assignment and says, “Oh man, we talked for three hours!”
That was the case with all three of the interviews with this year's Business Leaders of the Year.
During hard times or hard winters, Maine and Mainers chug along. Yet there are always those asking how Maine can grow and prosper.