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  • One on One with Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher

    Laurie Schreiber

    In the five years since Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher took on the agency's leadership, he and his team have played a central role in making the state's commercial fishing industry stronger.

  • How To's
    How To's

    How To: Argue, properly

    Jim Milliken

    This very intense, very intelligent guy startled me by saying something I never had heard before. He interrupted a vigorous argument with me by saying, “You know, Jim, I see your point now. I agree with you. You're right.”

  • How To's
    How To's

    How To: Turn new federal overtime rules into a competitive advantage

    Art Boulay

    The new federal overtime rules will more than double the threshold for employers to avoid paying overtime when salaried employees work over 40 hours — moving from $23,660 per year to $47,476 per year. This presents serious challenges for employers. I am not writing to defend or explain the law, but rather to discuss how to turn this problem to a competitive advantage.

  • From the Editor: Why they call it The County

    We who live in southern Maine tend to think of Aroostook County, a.k.a. The County, as this amorphous space that takes up the upper half of Maine. There are plenty of people from southern Maine who have never been to The County and have no plans to go to The County. And that's their loss.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hires Thomas College in Waterville hired Ted Prawat, Kate Cook Whitt and Katie Rybakova as education faculty members at its Center for Innovation in Education

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.