Portland Public Library's hardcopy collection is available in the Portland Room.
Submissions from 1998
"News to Use." More than 30,000 residents, in every county, registered for reco
"News to Use." Profiles of the carpooling program Ride Share; Sen. Olympia Snow
"News to Use." Robert McMahon, editor of "Maine Business Indicators," predicts
"News to Use." The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced that workplace in
"News to Use." The Portland law firm Murray, Plumbs & Murray has formed the Yea
"Newsworthy." Profile of Starbucks coffee shop in Portland and manager Sara Goo
Profile of the upcoming seminar "Maine Cares About Cats," sponsored by mid-coast
"Recent Local Building Permits." Chart of the 27 Portland building permits issu
"Recent Local Building Permits." Description of the 38 Portland building permit
"Recent Local Building Permits" Descriptions and costs of the 55 Portland build
"Recent Local Building Permits." Descriptions of the 42 Portland building permi
"Recent Local Building Permits." Descriptions of the 47 Portland building permi
"Recent Local Building Permits." List describing 46 Portland building permits i
"Step Ahead." Brief discussion of John Hanson's call for a 35-hour workweek.
"Step Ahead." Brief profile of Aunt Audrey's Doggie Treats, pet-sitter Audrey H
"Step Ahead." Brief profile of the Portland Observatory, which is raising money
"Step Ahead." Brief profile of the University of Maine's Industrial Assessment
"Step Ahead." Carrabassett Spring Water introduced water bottles designed to re
"Step Ahead." Comments of John Peverada, Portland parking manager, on snowplowi
"Step Ahead." Department of Community and Economic Development director Tom McB
"Step Ahead." Description of the Maine Wild Blueberry Celebration at McDonald's
"Step Ahead." Eric Cianchette, owner of the Regency Inn in Portland, now also o
"Step Ahead." Graph, with detailed caption, of Maine towns' recycling rates.
"Step Ahead." Incident resulting from recent television coverage of the Maine f
"Step Ahead." Levinsky's clothing store in Portland will return to court to ret
"Step Ahead." Maine workplace fatalities declined from 23 in 1996 to 19 in 1997
"Step Ahead." Marshwood Imaging Center in Scarborough has the new Open MRI, for
"Step Ahead." Northern Sky Toyz in Portland sells Meanie Babies, a disgusting a
"Step Ahead." Portland artist R. N. Cohen donated 100 signed prints of his pain
"Step Ahead." Produce buyers from Iceland expressed an interest to the Maine In
"Step Ahead." Profile of student Will King and the LEGO building he created.
"Step Ahead." Profile of the FireGirl Web site in Hallowell, focusing on spicy
"Step Ahead." Profile of the midcoast business Moss Inc., which makes frame and
"Step Ahead." Profile of the Payson Impressionist Collection, at both the Portl
"Step Ahead." Profile of the Portland Observatory.
"Step Ahead." Profile of the Thomas College Golf Course Management Program.
"Step Ahead." Profile of the upcoming Portland Public Market's demonstration ki
"Step Ahead." Profiles of the upcoming first publication of Maine Funders for C
"Step Ahead." Russell Quaglia, director of the National Center for Student Aspi
"Step Ahead." Survey results on Maine's business climate from the Maine Chamber
"Step Ahead." Table, with detailed caption, from Ron Harnden's survey of the Po
"Step Ahead." The 18-foot "Docksides" shoe boat built by Greene Marine of Yarmo
"Step Ahead." The Institute for Family Business at the University of Southern M
"Step Ahead." The Maine Business Index continues to indicate a positive trend i
"Step Ahead." The "Today" show will feature a story on the Portland repair busi
"Step Ahead." Tim and Patty Sample announced the sale of $100 raffle tickets to
Steve Harris of the bar Ruski's has begun the process of initiating a people's v
Table of 50 Portland building permits issued from February 13 to March 13, 1998.
The latest Strategic Marketing Services Omnibus Poll finds Mainers happy with th
Article PG Vinyl Windows, owned by Jonathan Cohen, which closed on April 28, aft, Paul Badeau
Comments of the following Maine printers on the explosion of digital printing an, Paul Badeau
Detailed article on the growth of private corporate investigation in America, wi, Paul Badeau
"Mainebiz focus." Comments of Ashiki Natamalapu, president of the Year 2000 sol, Paul Badeau
People are moving to Maine in droves, making the state America's fourth-largest, Paul Badeau
Profile of Dielectric Communications of Raymond, the primary provider of broadc, Paul Badeau
Profile of Arts Resource Service, a business consultant to the visual and perfor, Hilary Bassett
Brief profiles of 12 Maine business assistance agencies., Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development." Column on the importance of the Portland International, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development" column on the relationship between urban and rural Maine, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development" column on the similarity between Portland and Belfast, No, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development." Column on the training and learning projects of various, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development" column on WebPort, the software district of the city of P, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development." Column on women-owned businesses profiling Portland-bas, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development." Unemployment in Portland, the state's largest economic c, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Devlopment." Maine bankers and entrepreneurs agree that lending to sm, Kathleen Brown
"Economic Development." Portland was the first community in Maine to enact guid, Kathleen J. Brown
"Minding Your Business" column on the sale of the Portland Press Herald and poss, John Cole
Comments of Gov. Angus King on fishing's major contributions to Maine's economy., John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business" column memorializing the author's father, a partner in t, John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business" column on plans for the Gulf of Maine Aquarium in Portla, John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business" column on purchasing a Maine vacation home in the wake o, John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business." Column on the decision by reporter Doug Watts of Augus, John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business." Column on the threat that other Maine towns might expe, John N. Cole
"Minding Your Business." Detailed comments on the tourist industry and the new, John N. Cole
Comments of Associate Professor Charles Colgan from the Muskie Institute of Publ, Michael Donahue
Detailed editorial endorsing the proposed bond to "stimulate the Maine economy t, Michael Donahue
Detailed profile of computer product manufacturer ARTEL of Westbrook and its rol, Michael Donahue
Detailed profile of education in Maine, which in 1996 sent 1,000 more college st, Michael Donahue
Falmouth has replaced its previously rural nature with a role in the Portland co, Michael Donahue
"Mainebiz focus." A building at the state-owned Pineland Center in Gray will be, Michael Donahue
"Mainebiz focus." Gov. Angus King announced the formation of a series of academ, Michael Donahue
"Mainebiz focus." Maine's Economic Growth Council will report that Maine remains, Michael Donahue
"Mainebiz focus." Profile of Fast Trac, a southern Maine business that trains o, Michael Donahue
"Mainebiz focus." Profile of the University of Maine System's Advanced Technolo, Michael Donahue
More than 18 million visitors made day trips to, and 8.9 million stayed overnigh, Michael Donahue
Profile of Joel Russ, the departing director of the Greater Portland Chamber of, Michael Donahue
Profile of KADY International in Scarborough. The state-of-the-art water-treatm, Michael Donahue
Profile of Morpheus Technologies virtual reality company of Portland and its own, Michael Donahue
Profile of the Center for Environmental Enterprise in South Portland. Its missi, Michael Donahue
Profile of the coming Gulf of Maine Aquarium and research lab on Portland's Nava, Michael Donahue
Profile of the new store front "resource hub" of the City of Portland's Economic, Michael Donahue
Profile of the Portland Partnership between businesses and schools, managed by t, Michael Donahue
Profiles of the Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education and of the state leg, Michael Donahue
The Maine Medical Center Research Institute is good business. It spends $15 mil, Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Detailed article the Bath-Brunswick region desire to be known as m, Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Detailed profile of and statistics regarding Cape Elizabeth., Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Detailed profile of Lewiston and Auburn., Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Profile and history of Freeport, related advertisements., Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Profile of Biddeford and Saco., Michael Donahue
"Townscape." Profile of Scarborough, "Maine's best kept economic secret." Its, Michael Donahue