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Commentary
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- From the Editor
What it takes: Energy, persistence and vision
Updated: September 30, 2019The 11 leaders on this year’s Mainebiz Next list are making their mark across the state.
Updated: September 30, 2019 - From the Editor
Health care’s next frontiers are knocking at the door
Updated: September 16, 2019Health care continues to change in Maine and our writers share several topics that are front of mind today.
Updated: September 16, 2019 - From the Editor
No shortage of startup ideas — or help for entrepreneurs
Updated: September 2, 2019Maine seems to have no shortage of ideas for new businesses. As this issue focused on startups and entrepreneurs shows, there is also a wide range of resources for entrepreneurs.
Updated: September 2, 2019 
From the EditorIs Piscataquis County Maine’s sleeping giant?
Updated: August 19, 2019Our focus on Bangor and northern Maine led us on an unexpected journey.
We get used to the same storyline about the downtrodden areas of northern Maine, the towns that have lost paper mills and shoe manufacturing.
Updated: August 19, 2019- From the Editor
Women to Watch: Four women at the center of Maine’s economy
Updated: August 5, 2019Every year Mainebiz salutes four leaders in the Women to Watch issue. This year’s honorees are critical to the industries they serve and to Maine’s economy.
Updated: August 5, 2019 - From the Editor
Thoughts on the labor shortage
Updated: July 22, 2019The other day I was at my favorite newsstand in Portland.
The clerk is a colorful guy, always with an opinion about the Bruins, Sox or Patriots.
Topic of the day was the labor shortage.
Updated: July 22, 2019 - From the Editor
How to make yourself ‘highly employable’
Updated: July 8, 2019Mainebiz takes a look at how Thomas College is preparing students to address Maine's workforce shortage, and we win two awards for our coverage of the problem.
Updated: July 8, 2019 - From the Editor
Partnerships are key to shifting energy needs
Updated: June 24, 2019For this issue’s focus on energy and the environment, Senior Writer Maureen Milliken headed to Indian Township in Washington County, where the Passamaquoddy tribe is looking at ways to develop the area’s economy and create jobs for the 3,200-
Updated: June 24, 2019 - To the Editor
Commentary from ex-Mainer sparks reaction
Updated: June 24, 2019I just read the June 10 commentary Mainebiz posted by Conner Drigotas, “Why this native Mainer moved out of Maine.” The piece is filled with vague references to being unable to obtain work in the state, and how unfriendly it is to business,
Updated: June 24, 2019 
Updated: June 10, 2019- From the Editor
Ellsworth’s housing shortage goes hand in hand with worker shortage
June 5, 2019Mainebiz had its most recent “On the Road” roundtable in Ellsworth. Each year, we visit six places in Maine, and Ellsworth was our third stop of 2019. It’s our chance to ask local business people what they see as the major issues.
June 5, 2019 
CommentaryWhy a farmer in rural Penobscot County needs reliable broadband
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Updated: May 27, 2019- From the Editor
Bethel as a barometer for economy of western Maine
Updated: May 27, 2019For our focus on Lewiston-Auburn and western Maine, our cover story looks at efforts to attract off-season visitors to Bethel and the surrounding area.
Updated: May 27, 2019 - From the Editor
Manufacturing homegrown brands
March 4, 2019Manufacturing's job count in Maine has not reached the level where it was even before the recession, and is a far cry from historic levels.
Yet the workforce is growing, helped by some scrappy entrepreneurs.
March 4, 2019 - To the Editor
Aquaculture has long history of fitting in
March 4, 2019Paul Dioli in his letter to the editor [in the print edition of Feb. 18] suggests that aquaculture must fit in with other coastal activities such as commercial fishing and tourism.
March 4, 2019 - From the Editor
When technology makes our world better
February 18, 2019The New Yorker recently published an essay by the late Oliver Sacks that bemoans technology's greater presence in our lives.
February 18, 2019
