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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46821.html Scarborough Downs, which recently announced intentions to relocate to Biddeford, is selling 400 acres of its Scarborough property for $12.2 million. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46821.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46820.html A shortage of funding has led MOOMilk, a company that sells organic milk from six Maine dairy farmers, to suspend production as of Sunday. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46820.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46819.html The former executive director of the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce who was dismissed in 2008 has settled a defamation lawsuit over an anonymous survey. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46819.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:25:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46818.html A Sunday River ski resort condo association has filed a lawsuit against Oldcastle Precast Inc., a national company with an office in Auburn, for breach of contract, negligence and fraud. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46818.html the mainebiz news staff Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:16:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46813.html An auction for Moosehead Furniture Co. in Monson netted the company a new owner who plans to restart production in the next few months. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46813.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46814.html Sugarloaf ski resort officials have announced a 600-acre expansion, nearly doubling the terrain now available for snowboarders and skiers. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46814.html the mainebiz news staff Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:50:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46815.html The state Department of Health and Human Services has selected the final two nonprofit organizations to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in southern and Down East Maine. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46815.html the mainebiz news staff Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:44:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46817.html State regulators yesterday approved a $13.5 million transmission line upgrade to connect a wind farm in Roxbury to the grid. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46817.html the mainebiz news staff Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:42:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46816.html The U.S. Army has awarded Saco Defense a more than $17 million machine gun contract. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46816.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:36:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46811.html A Brunswick businessman is deploying an experimental financing model in an attempt to buy Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse in a government auction and keep it in Maine hands. Bob Muller, a consultant with a background in IT and high-tech image mapping, is scrambling to crowd fund between $75,000 and $150,000 in individual $49 donations in order to buy the lighthouse in Casco Bay, which the U.S. General Services Administration is currently selling at auction. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46811.html Whit Richardson Daily Tue, 01 Jun 2010 9:59:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46391.html They say it's never too soon to prepare, so with Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of tourist season upon us, let's review our state's policies on tourists, summer complaints, people from away and other vital subjects. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46391.html John McDonald Web Only Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:56:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46160.html I figure with all the deer tracks we have up to camp, we'll have to do everything possible to keep those hungry vegetarians from marking our garden their all-you-can-eat salad bar. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46160.html John McDonald Web Only Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44816.html http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44816.html Web Only Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44822.html Table of contents from the June 29, 2009, issue of Mainebiz http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44822.html Web Only Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:41:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43946.html The University of Southern Maine has shed its last remaining dormitory in Portland and a local developer stands ready to breathe new life into the building. Bayside Maine LLC recently purchased the former Portland Hall at 645 Congress St. for $2.2 million, with plans to convert the main six-story facility to about 60 market-rate apartments, according to Greg Shinberg, a Bayside Maine LLC owner. The property, owned by the University of Maine System since 1989, went on the market in April with an original asking price of $3 million, according to Charles Day of CBRE / The Boulos Co., which brokered the deal. The system closed the 280-bed dorm in July and consolidated all student housing to its Gorham campus, including a 296-bed dorm that opened there last year. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43946.html Jackie Farwell Web Only Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:40:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43930.html The forecast is calling for mixed precipitation Christmas Day, but not the 6 inches of snow needed to trigger $1 million in refunds to customers who bought jewelry from Springer's Jewelers during its "Let it Snow" campaign. No one is more disappointed than Rick Beaulieu, Springer's owner and manager. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43930.html Carol Coultas Web Only Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:19:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43929.html A UK-based Internet job board company has opened its first North American office in Portland and hired Matt Hoffner, founder and former CEO of Westbrook-based JobsInTheUS.com, to lead the company's foray into the U.S. market. The company, Jobg8 (pronounced "Job Gate"), has developed backend software that will connect the tens of thousands of Internet job boards in this country and allow them to share job postings and qualified candidates. Hoffner says the Portland office has already generated a lot of business in its first two and a half months and estimates there could be as many as 65 employees in Portland within three years. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43929.html Whit Richardson Web Only Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46766.html A small video producer is beckoned by Warren Buffett http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46766.html Derek Rice Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46781.html Table of contents for the Aug. 23, 2010, issue of Mainebiz http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46781.html Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46764.html The issue of product stewardship is heating up in Maine, but the state’s manufacturers are concerned about its ramifications, says Lisa Martin of the Manufacturers Association of Maine. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46764.html CAROL COULTAS Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46768.html The often overlooked benefits of a sale-leaseback transaction http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46768.html Justin Lamontagne Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46770.html http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46770.html Mal Leary Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46763.html Northeast Bank’s $30 million deal: A prime growth opportunity and an out for shareholders http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46763.html JACKIE FARWELL Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46776.html Defense contracts position Penobscots for long-awaited prosperity http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46776.html ROBERT M. COOK Paper Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46769.html The imprecise undertaking of buying a cord of firewood http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46769.html John McDonald Paper Mon, 09 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46706.html http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46706.html ROBERT M. COOK Paper Mon, 09 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46692.html Feds commit to sector-based economic development with pioneering new funding http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46692.html MICHAEL GURAU Paper