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  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Maine's varied industries tell a larger story

    This issue of Mainebiz includes stories that look at some traditional industries, including farming and lobstering, and how they fit with where Maine is headed.

  • Eleven Maine companies recently raised capital

    Lori Valigra

    Maine companies continue to raise money actively, filing Form Ds with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for equity or debt offerings. There were 38 filings through early October of this year compared with 44 for all of 2013.

  • Focus on Down East
    Focus on Down East

    Longtime MDI boat builder sells business to protégé

    Laurie Schreiber

    BERNARD — Boat builder Robert “Chummy” Rich, who has been featured in books and videos, sold his long-running boatbuilding operation, Bass Harbor Boat Inc. in Tremont, to his protégé, Richard Helmke.

  • In Short
    In Short

    Newsworthy people and performances

    New hiresPen Bay Healthcare in Rockport hired Thomas Crosslin III as a surgeon and Norman Keller as a certified physician assistant at its Pen Bay Surgery and Wound Healing Center

  • Focus on Down East
    Focus on Down East

    On the edge: Monhegan Island's year-round residents take charge of their future

    James McCarthy

    Shermie Stanley doesn't need to read the Island Institute's 62-page 2011 status report on Maine's 15 year-round island communities to know how Monhegan Island is faring.

  • Focus on Down East
    Focus on Down East

    From pencil to computer: Lobstermen adapting to digital data collection

    Laurie Schreiber

    Just 10% of Maine's lobster fishermen, selected randomly each year, are required to report landings and other data to the Department of Marine Resources.They use good old pen and paper, the forms provided by the DMR.

Today's Poll

Do you feel the U.S. should require automakers to provide AM radio in their vehicles, at no charge?
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Poll Description

If you haven't heard the news yet about AM radio, you might never — at least not in your car.

Many automotive manufacturers have stopped supplying vehicles with the technology, claiming it interferes with electronics and that customers are tuning in less anyway.

But U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, say AM radio is essential, especially in rural regions. The lawmakers cite a National Association of Farm Broadcasters survey that found two-thirds of farmers listen to AM for weather forecasts and other information needed for business.

The association says AM radio reaches an estimated 82 million listeners monthly through more than 4,400 stations across the U.S.

Collins and King have signed onto legislation that would ensure manufacturers continue to provide AM reception in every new car and truck, at no charge.