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  • Opinion
    Opinion

    If you’re reading this, you likely have more than one specialty

    I had an interesting conversation with another of Portland's new coffee purveyors. Vagabond Coffee is a food truck that frequently occupies a space on Middle Street. The owner, William “Liam” Hardy, bought a 1949 International Harvester van from an old-timer in Pennsylvania. He restored the truck, adding features like hardwood flooring in the truck bed, and then retrofitted it with coffee-making equipment.

  • So you’ve set up your ESOP. Now what?

    Lori Valigra

    Day 1 after the transition from a private or public company into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, a company may not seem any different as far as day-to-day operations are concerned, but in the background, it isn't business as usual.

  • Don’t argue semantics: Prepare for changes in fishing, housing

    Lori Valigra

    At a recent Pierce Atwood event on the impact of climate change, an attendee posed a common question: whether the term climate change has hurt scientists and others trying to convince the public that ocean waters are warming and thus changing, and that coastal communities are at risk for flooding or disappearing altogether.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresFirst National Bank hired Andrew Farrar as assistant branch manager at its Ellsworth branch. Farrar was previously an assistant store manager at TD Bank.

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.