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  • Celebrating John Wasileski’s great compromise

    James McCarthy

    Since last October I've been a co-leader with my good friend Gary Lawless of a monthly Sunday morning walk in the 235-acre Cathance River Nature Preserve in Topsham. The preserve is a hidden gem within the Highland Green retirement community, with a network of trails that circle a heath, cut through a small clearing with wild blackberries and blueberries and descend through a mixed forest to a winding river that alternates between whitewater rapids and placid passages that perfectly mirror the tall trees lining its banks.

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    Not far from downtown Bar Harbor, Town Hill attracts small businesses

    Laurie Schreiber

    A mini-boom in small-business activity is taking place in Town Hill, a small village that's part of the busy tourist town of Bar Harbor, but is located on its outermost fringe.

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    New OT rules take effect Dec. 1: Here's what you need to know

    James McCarthy

    Greg Dugal, president and CEO of the Maine Restaurant Association, readily admits the salary threshold for employers to avoid paying overtime when salaried employees work more than 40 hours is too low and needs to be hiked.

  • It may be a great idea, but STEM Loan Program didn't get funded

    James McCarthy

    LD 1655, a bill designed to increase the number of science, technology, engineering or mathematics professionals in Maine, received strong bipartisan support from both Gov. Paul LePage and Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond, D-Portland, as it made its way to enactment and becoming a new law.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    How To: Run a 'lessons learned' session

    Jim Stewart

    It should be mandatory at the end of every project — and, if possible, at the end of every phase — to run a lessons learned session. And not only run it, but make sure that it's documented and available to all future projects.

  • Portland Pie CEO finds pizza is about more than dough

    Jennifer Van Allen

    Given how well known the Portland Pie Co.'s brand is in Maine, it is remarkable to consider that it began 19 years ago as an 800-square-foot takeout and delivery joint on India Street.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Get rid of the monkeys

    Steve Lovejoy

    Working with businesses here at the Maine Small Business Development Centers I have the opportunity to work with different challenges all the time. That's why I enjoy the job so much. But occasionally things come up that make you sit back and reflect on management and how much it has changed — and at the same time how much it has stayed the same!

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    How To: Scale up your business

    Tove Rasmussen

    Scaling up a business is a fun challenge and key to Maine's economic growth. Maine has 28,000 businesses with four to 19 employees, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. If these businesses increase by five-fold, the number of jobs is estimated to rise by close to 500,000, almost doubling non-farm jobs in Maine.

  • IN SHORT

    New hiresMaine Medical Partners, a department of Maine Medical Center in Portland, hired William Talpey, George Russell and Catherine Curry.

Today's Poll

Is your business making preparations or changing plans because of the April 8 solar eclipse?
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Poll Description

With the Great Eclipse of 2024 just days away, people and businesses are preparing for the solar spectacle.

A hospitality industry report estimates that 1 in 5 Americans who travel are likely to hit the road in order to glimpse the eclipse on April 8. It will place parts of 15 states in darkness.

Maine will receive anywhere from 7,000 to 27,000 visitors, according to one forecast. Hotels, inns, campgrounds and other lodgings are already booked full, as Mainebiz reported Feb. 29.

Other businesses — both inside and outside the path of totality — are also making plans.