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August 25, 2014 Edition
How To's

Get the most out of your trade shows and exhibits

Vicki Hennin

Every year, Diversified Communications brings qualified buyers to meet with thousands of companies at our trade shows.

  • Politics & Co.

    Peter Van Allen

    Businesses are always looking for an advocate, and they may find some new ones at area chambers of commerce. Also, an energy nonprofit is looking to expand its reach within the business community.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Renovate the Alamo: Struggling small-town theater fortified by community

    Laurie Schreiber

    There's much to recommend in the town of Bucksport, although many travelers pass it by on journeys along coastal Route 1 to other centers of maritime and cultural activity.

  • Good managers are everywhere

    Peter Van Allen

    Great managers have a way of transcending the industry they're in.A good example is Bill Haggett.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Innovation, Maine style: A creativity hub hopes to keep good ideas in-state

    Douglas Rooks

    Maine is famous for its tinkerers — inventors who come up with unusual ideas that often play key roles in new and profitable products. But those ideas often end up blooming out of state.

  • Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine
    Focus on Greater Bangor & Northern Maine

    Now trending: Bangor as an entertainment destination

    Laurie Schreiber

    Every August for nine years now, on a three-day weekend, the Bangor waterfront along the Penobscot River comes alive with music and dance from around the nation and the world, performed simultaneously from many stages, thronged by thousands of smi

Today's Poll

How much attention is your business paying to growth opportunities outside the U.S.?
Poll Description

Maine International Trade Day is actually two days — this Thursday and Friday, May 16-17. The conference, held annually by the Maine International Trade Center, brings together businesses to celebrate and spread awareness of the importance of global trade in the state.

This year's Trade Day, “Evolution: The Future of Maine’s Heritage Industries,” will explore how new technology and new products are creating international opportunities for businesses in agriculture, forest products, seafood, shipbuilding and textiles.

The opportunities ahead — and the ones already being tapped — may surprise you. Maine's heritage industries are familiar, but they are changing things up as they expand in other countries.

Trade Day takes places at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor this year. For more information and to register, click here.

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