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From the Editor: Don’t sleep on Maine’s manufacturing industry
Updated: December 11, 2023While the number of manufacturing jobs in Maine has fallen from historic levels in the early 1990s — when there were as many as 95,000 workers — the number has rebounded from the low of 45,000 in April 2020, according to the Federal Reserve Bank
Updated: December 11, 2023 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Watch your checkbook (hey, what’s a checkbook?)
Updated: November 27, 2023A checking account seems like a relic of the past, especially with options like automated payments, debit cards and Venmo.
Updated: November 27, 2023 - Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: The paid leave law will test small businesses in Maine
Updated: November 13, 2023Maine's recently enacted paid leave law is designed to offer comfort to employees who are dealing with the illness of family members or people close to them.
Updated: November 13, 2023 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Running a family-owned business has its own challenges
Updated: October 30, 2023When I was growing up, the youngest child in a family of five, there was an implied pecking order. You always knew where you stood. Thankfully, my siblings and I all took different career paths.
Updated: October 30, 2023 - From the Editor
Editor's Letter: New innovations for old-time companies
Updated: October 16, 2023For our focus on the midcoast and Downeast, Mainebiz found some old-school industries have come up with new ways of doing business.
Updated: October 16, 2023 
CommentaryCommentary: Maine Community Foundation continues to adapt to the needs in Maine
Updated: September 22, 2023Even as Maine community Foundation's grantmaking has grown, the needs and challenges in our communities have too.
Updated: September 22, 2023- From the Editor
From the Editor: Spotlight is on Maine health care innovations and investments
Updated: September 18, 2023Maine is seeing a range of investment and innovation in the area of health care.
Updated: September 18, 2023 - From the Editor
The entrepreneur’s journey boils down to this
Updated: September 4, 2023Entrepreneurs are used to failure, rejection and being called crazy. A brick wall is just catnip for someone crazy enough to launch a startup. We see people take on this journey but often give little notice to what it takes to start a successful
Updated: September 4, 2023 - To the Editor
A defense of Waterville’s urban renewal on the 1960s
Updated: August 21, 2023Regarding the article published in Mainebiz from the print edition of June 12, “With Projects Underway, Waterville’s Downtown is Taking on New Life”, we want to correct the statement that “Waterville was a victim of urban renewal in the 1960s.”
Updated: August 21, 2023 - From the Editor
Loring’s evolution takes another step forward
Updated: August 21, 2023Loring had a long history as an Air Force base, brief notoriety for being the site of a Phish concert and now another life as a business park.
As Senior Writer Renee Cordes notes in her story, Loring has some major plans in the works.
Updated: August 21, 2023 
From the EditorEvery year there’s a new set of challenges
Updated: December 25, 2022Looking back on the breakneck pace of change in the past three years, it seems like every year has brought a new set of challenges.
Updated: December 25, 2022
From the EditorHow the crane kick made it from ‘Karate Kid’ to Mainebiz
Updated: December 26, 2021We thought it was fitting that our cover for this year’s Book of Lists features a construction image. There’s a backstory with this photo as well...
Updated: December 26, 2021
CommentaryBusinesses and nonprofits need to work together — the stakes are high
Updated: September 25, 2022Nonprofits and businesses have been working more closely than ever during the last few years — advocating for changes to federal policies like the Paycheck Protection Program, collaborating on community-focused projects and navigating challenges
Updated: September 25, 2022- From the Editor
From the Editor: Husson’s College of Business is making the grade
Updated: August 22, 2022Amid the pandemic, when many universities were struggling with how to do remote classes, Husson University was opening its signature College of Business building.
Updated: August 22, 2022 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Mixed signals on where Maine’s economy is headed
Updated: August 8, 2022While the ongoing pandemic has been an ever-present threat this year, I feel fortunate to have been able to get around the state more in 2022 than either of the two previous years.
Updated: August 8, 2022 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Maine continues to see the effect of the construction boom
Updated: July 25, 2022In the past two years, Maine has seen the real estate and construction industries hit great heights.
Updated: July 25, 2022
