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  • Move over Doogie Howser — Maine has its own whiz kid

    April 26, 2016

    The business ventures of 14-year-old entrepreneurs have come a long way from newspaper delivery routes and lawn mowing rackets, as Jack Cardin of Saco has shown with Kinney Shores Trading Co.

    April 26, 2016

  • Pine State Trading sells its c-store division

    Staff April 25, 2016

    Pine State Trading Co., a Gardiner-based family-owned company with customers throughout New England and parts of New York state, said Monday it will sell its convenience store division to Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc.

    Staff April 25, 2016

  • Waldoboro manufacturer of specialty grilling products expands to Georgia

    Staff April 25, 2016

    The Waldoboro-based grilling and smoking woods manufacturer, Flame Grilling Products Inc., has finalized plans to open a satellite operation in Glennville, Ga., in an expansion that its co-founder says will allow it to control quality and maintain

    Staff April 25, 2016

  • A new owner for longtime fish market in Kennebunkport

    April 25, 2016

    The Kennebunkport-based Port Lobster is under new ownership after 63 years, as its owner, Sonny Hutchins, has sold the fish market to Kennebunkport Selectman Allen Daggett.

    April 25, 2016

  • New England Tent & Awning pays $225K for Brunswick HQ

    Laurie Schreiber April 24, 2016

    BRUNSWICK — New England Tent & Awning, a Brunswick business that dates back to 1929, has purchased a site that's been crucial to its growth. Paying $225,00 for a building it already occupied, at 111 Orion St. at Brunswick Landing.

    Laurie Schreiber April 24, 2016

  • Westbrook candlepin bowling alley closing after nearly eight decades

    April 22, 2016

    A 16-lane candlepin bowling alley that has drawn both competitive and casual bowlers for the past 77 years will be calling it a day, as the Westbrook-based Colonial Bowling Center will be closing after a farewell tournament on May 7.

    April 22, 2016

  • Another brewery in Maine will be downtown Bangor’s first

    April 19, 2016

    Bangor's downtown district will be opening its first brewery early this fall, as couple Cory and Nok-Noi Ricker have announced plans for a new microbrewery, 2 Feet Brewing, to open at 80 Columbia St.

    April 19, 2016

  • Independent Ellsworth furnishing company calls it a day

    April 19, 2016

    The Ellsworth-based J&B Atlantic Co. has announced that it will be calling it a day after nearly 20 years of being an anchor of the downtown commercial district of the city.

    April 19, 2016

  • Startups in Maine need to move quickly to become mid-sized companies

    Lori Valigra April 18, 2016

    Two Maine financiers and innovators are calling for what seems a tall task: building a "middle class," or group of mid-sized, scalable Maine companies that can create and spin off new businesses and, more importantly, draw in skilled workers who

    Lori Valigra April 18, 2016

  • On the record: Tanya Emery, director of the Bangor Community and Economic Development Department

    Laurie Schreiber April 18, 2016

    Emery has had a key role in the city's recent development. She was instrumental in the deal to bring discounter Wayfair (and 450 jobs) to the former L.L.Bean call center, as well as several downtown conversions and the addition of downtown retailers.

    Laurie Schreiber April 18, 2016

  • How To: Avoid the 5 temptations of success

    Doug Packard April 18, 2016

    A successful leader of a large organization that I met with recently remarked during our first interview, “Doug, I don't spend much time second-guessing myself.”

    Doug Packard April 18, 2016

  • Portland craft beer scene gets global props

    April 15, 2016

    This week, the independent travel publication Matador Network placed Portland at the top of its list of the world's best cities for craft beer — joining global brew capitals like Munich, Germany, the home of Oktoberfest, and Denver, Colo., home of

    April 15, 2016

  • A holy start to a new brewery in Penobscot County

    April 15, 2016

    The newly launched Brewer-based Mason's Brewing Co. prepared for its first batch of beer not with a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, but with a blessing from Brother Don of the Franciscan Brothers of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

    April 15, 2016

  • No need to leave the party with Portland launch of Drizly

    April 15, 2016

    There's a new, spirited addition to on-demand delivery services in Portland as Drizly, a Boston-based technology firm, officially launched its beer, wine and spirits delivery service in Portland on Thursday.

    April 15, 2016

  • Newest R.H. Foster location to serve as proving ground

    April 15, 2016

    The executive vice president of R.H. Foster says the company's newest gas location in Ellsworth will serve as a launch site for its next generation of convenience stores.

    April 15, 2016

  • 'Greenlight Maine' charges into second season

    April 15, 2016

    Fans of “American Idol” looking to get their competitive television fix after the show called it a day last week might want to tune into “Greenlight Maine,” which pits some of the state's hungriest entrepreneurs against each other in a series of

    April 15, 2016

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Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
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The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins. 

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