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Small Business

  • SBA names new Maine District director

    April 1, 2013

    Marilyn Geroux, who most recently served as the U.S. Small Business Administration's deputy district director in  Maine, has been named director.

    April 1, 2013

  • Blease's new call center eyeing government clients

    Darren Fishell April 1, 2013

    Technology was radically different when Heather Blease launched EnvisioNet's Brunswick call center in 1995. So was the business model.

    Darren Fishell April 1, 2013

  • CEO David Desjardins leads Acadia FCU to prosperity

    Carol Coultas March 18, 2013

    David Desjardins doesn't have anything against technology; he just prefers to conduct business face-to-face.

    Carol Coultas March 18, 2013

  • Research an industry using library resources

    Sonya Durney Business And Government Team Leader At The Portland Public Library March 18, 2013

    So you've decided to unleash your inner entrepreneur and wonder how to get started. Perhaps surprisingly, the Portland Public Library is a great place to start.

    Sonya Durney Business And Government Team Leader At The Portland Public Library March 18, 2013

  • How to structure a business loan from relatives

    Alison Hinson March 4, 2013

    Loans from relatives have helped more than one business get started or stay afloat. Depending on the outcome, this type of financing can either be a dream come true or the beginning of your worst nightmare.

    Alison Hinson March 4, 2013

  • Karen Mills on her record as SBA administrator

    Darren Fishell March 4, 2013

    Karen Mills, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will step down from the position in President Obama's Cabinet after the agency's second-term agenda is set and a successor is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

    Darren Fishell March 4, 2013

  • Seed capital tax credit program hits its cap

    James McCarthy March 4, 2013

    Josh Davis, co-founder of The Gelato Fiasco, is a big fan of Maine's Seed Capital Tax Credit Program, which his company tapped in 2012 for almost $600,000 in startup capital to expand its wholesale operations into new grocery chains and other reta

    James McCarthy March 4, 2013

  • Mills steps down from SBA helm

    February 11, 2013

    Karen Mills, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Maine resident, will step down in May from the post she took on in 2009.

    February 11, 2013

  • State names new small business advocate

    January 23, 2013

    Secretary of State Matt Dunlap has hired a new small business advocate, replacing the first person hired to the post by outgoing Republican Secretary of State, Charlie Summers.

    January 23, 2013

  • New law clarifies 'independent contractor' definition

    James McCarthy January 21, 2013

    Paul Sighinolfi, executive director of Maine's Workers' Compensation Board, figures he's been making three or four presentations a week on the rubber-chicken circuit during the last month or so, educating business owners and human resources manage

    James McCarthy January 21, 2013

  • Sebec co. takes $25K in FedEx award

    January 17, 2013

    The Sebec-based Darn Good Yarn will receive a $25,000 grant in the first round of a FedEx award competition.

    January 17, 2013

  • Gorham Savings puts up $30K in contest

    January 9, 2013

    A new Gorham Savings Bank contest offers $30,000 to the business idea that can make it through a panel of judges and a final round of online votes.

    January 9, 2013

  • Dubé retires from SBA post

    January 4, 2013

    Maurice "Moe" Dubé, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Maine district, retired yesterday after six years at the helm of the federal business assistance agency.

    January 4, 2013

  • Defense spending bill stands to bring millions to Maine co's

    December 26, 2012

    Passage of the 2013 National Defense Authorization bill could bring millions in federal dollars to the state, according to a press release from Sen. Susan Collins.

    December 26, 2012

  • Business regs group drafts recommendations

    December 21, 2012

    A state panel tasked with improving Maine's business regulations has identified two recommendations to make to the Legislature next year.

    December 21, 2012

  • Family co. eyes expansion as next generation takes over

    December 18, 2012

    Portland-based Richard P. Waltz Plumbing & Heating Co. is changing hands and eyeing expansions to central Maine.

    December 18, 2012

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Are you paying more for school supplies this year?
Poll Description

With most public school kids in Maine heading back to class this week, students and their parents are paying more for school supplies, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Students and their parents are paying more this year for textbooks and reference materials, school lunches, day care and preschool, college tuition and boys' clothes. 

The cost of girls' clothing decreased and the prices of both footwear and snacks were unchanged from a year ago.

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