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May 30, 2016 Edition
Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits

Help wanted: Tyler, Wayfair and SaviLinx searching for 1,700 workers

James McCarthy

The prospect of hiring up to 550 new workers over the next decade, including dozens of highly coveted software developers and IT specialists, isn't keeping Tyler Technologies' Christopher Hepburn and Robert Sansone up at nights.

  • A lightbulb moment leads to the founding of True Course Yachting

    Jennifer Van Allen

    Time and again, Ben Davis met boat owners who loved sailing, but not the time-consuming upkeep involved in cleaning their boats, preparing them for launch and decommission and transporting their boats between different ports. Davis knew that he was uniquely suited to meet those needs.

  • Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits
    Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits

    The Via Agency joins Maine's growing ESOP roster

    Jennifer Van Allen

    Like a lot of small business owners, The VIA Agency founder and Chairman John Coleman didn't relish the prospect of a giant out-of-state operator swallowing advertising agency he spent 23 years building. An Employee Stock Ownership Plan offered a promising alternative.

  • Fed science, engineering funding up for first time in five years

    Lori Valigra

    Maine fared last in federal funding among the six New England states, with $38.5 million in fiscal 2014, down significantly from the $52 million in fiscal 2013 for all science and engineering activities.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresThe Ecology School in Saco hired Bryan Matluk as development director.

Today's Poll

Has your business taken significant, voluntary steps to reduce its impact on the environment?
Poll Description

Monday is Earth Day — the annual celebration, dating to 1970, of our planet and its environment. 

Created by a United Nations proclamation, Earth Day has grown to include a wide range of events in more than 190 countries. The official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics." The day, April 22, also has led to the designation of April as Earth Month.

Mainers and Maine businesses have long strived to protect the natural environment of the state and of the world.

One recent example: Allagash Brewing Co., based in Portland, has teamed up with Patagonia Provisions, the outdoor clothing maker's food and beverage business, to make a limited-edition beer from organic ingredients including Kernza. That's the trademarked name for a perennial grain, harvested from a form of wheatgrass, with long roots that protect soil from erosion, minimize the need for tilling, and help sequester carbon.

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