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Communications

  • Cranberry Isles to build high-speed internet

    March 17, 2017

    Cranberry Isles voters on March 11 approved a plan to borrow up to $1.2 million to upgrade their internet network.

    March 17, 2017
  • Topsham firm first in midcoast to benefit from expanded HUBZone rules

    James McCarthy March 9, 2017

    Northern Pride Communications Inc., a telecommunications tower-service firm based in Topsham, is the first company in the midcoast region to receive HUBZone certification under newly expanded eligibility standards.

    James McCarthy March 9, 2017
  • Diversified Communications to sell TV stations to Gray Television

    Staff February 17, 2017

    Diversified Communications in Portland announced Thursday the planned divestiture of its television stations WABI in Bangor and WCJB in Gainesville, Fla., to Gray Television Inc. pending FCC approval.

    Staff February 17, 2017
  • LCI launches fiber optic network for Midcoast towns

    Staff January 26, 2017

    LCI, a division of Lincolnville Telephone Family of Companies, said its new O.P.E.N. fiber optic network is now available to many homes and business in some Midcoast communities.

    Staff January 26, 2017
  • Lincoln County planners ponder broadband access

    January 25, 2017

    The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission is considering how to find needed funding to build infrastructure for broadband access and improve prospects for economic development and employment, government services, public safety, health care and

    January 25, 2017
  • CEI Ventures closes fourth venture fund, has $20M under management

    Lori Valigra January 18, 2017

    CEI Ventures has closed its fourth fund, Coastal Ventures IV LP, at just under $10 million, with the monies targeted at small businesses in Maine and the Northeast.

    Lori Valigra January 18, 2017
  • Journal Tribune drops Monday print edition

    January 9, 2017

    The Biddeford-based Journal Tribune reported it would discontinue its printed Monday edition in order to focus on enhancing its Monday digital edition.

    January 9, 2017
  • FirstLight Fiber combines with Oxford Networks

    Staff January 4, 2017

    FirstLight Fiber, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and northern New England, announced today that Oak Hill Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Lewiston-based Oxford Networks.

    Staff January 4, 2017
  • Pingree joins call for FairPoint to postpone layoffs

    December 28, 2016

    U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, has joined several congressional colleagues from Northern New England in sending a letter to FairPoint Communications asking the company to reverse its decision to lay off 10% of its workforce by Dec. 30.

    December 28, 2016
  • Redzone, Maine Fiber team up to expand 'last mile' internet service

    December 8, 2016

    Redzone Wireless moved closer to its goal of covering 90% of the state's population with wireless internet service in March via a new contract with Maine Fiber Co.

    December 8, 2016
  • FairPoint merger may bring Maine more broadband options

    December 7, 2016

    Mainers may get more broadband and television options in the future as Consolidated Communications' plans takeover of FairPoint.

    December 7, 2016
  • FairPoint investigation expanded

    December 1, 2016

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission is expanding its investigation of FairPoint Communications Inc. for failing to meet minimum service standards for landline customers, agreeing Tuesday to extend its probe of FairPoint's 2014 and 2015 service to

    December 1, 2016
  • FairPoint to lay off more than 110 in New England

    November 21, 2016

    FairPoint Communications announced last Thursday that it plans to lay off more than 110 employees from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, according to union representatives.

    November 21, 2016
  • SaviLinx thrives on not being your average call center

    Lori Valigra October 17, 2016

    SaviLinx has been growing quickly and expects revenue to rise to more than $10M this year, up from $4.3M last year. The 30,000 square feet of space at Brunswick Landing is filling up quickly.

    Lori Valigra October 17, 2016
  • Verizon closing Bangor call center, 218 offered out-of-state relocation

    October 13, 2016

    Verizon Wireless is closing a call center in Bangor and offering 218 employees jobs outside of Maine as part of a larger nationwide consolidation effort, according to Verizon spokesman Michael Murphy.

    October 13, 2016
  • Redzone adds 7,500 businesses, 50,000 homes to broadband network

    Staff October 11, 2016

    Rockland-based wireless service provider Redzone Wireless LLC continues to expand its wireless broadband network, this time to communities including Sanford, South Portland and Falmouth.

    Staff October 11, 2016

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In the latest installment of our “Made in Maine” series, we visit the Gorham studio of textile designer Erin Flett, who has turned her after-hours basement side hustle into a well-known brand with a national wholesale network.

Nationwide, side hustlers started a record number of businesses during the pandemic. Today, a growing number of younger professionals are supplementing their income with a side job, as shown in a survey by Bankrate, the personal finance website. It found that 34% of Gen Zers (ages 18 to 28) have a side hustle, outpacing millennials (31%), Gen Xers (23%) and boomers (22%).

While some people can turn their side gigs into profitable businesses, others keep hustling their entire working lives –  or have neither the time nor the interest to do so.