Mainebiz, a statewide bi-weekly business news and entrepreneurship publication, beginning in 1994 as Biz, and continuing as Mainebiz starting in 1998.
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Submissions from 1996

Interview with Governor Angus King about state priorities for small businesses.

Interview with Kelly Graves, of the State Theater; Ron Hersom, of the Mad Horse

In the last 18 months, Jackson Brook Institute has grown from a traditional priv

Jim Taylor and his Sabre Yacht Design Team have crafted the Sabre 402, a fast cr

Jordan's Fine Meats in Portland has been making its distinctive hot dogs and sau

Last October, Central Maine Power (CMP) established a database linking commercia

Letter from Robert Fisk of the Portland Athletic Club calling on Freeport and Ya

"Letters." Letter from reader Kathryn Davis, criticizing Biz for featuring only

"Letters." Responses from Sherman Campbell, general manager of the Good Day Mar

Letter to the editor from Roger Gilmore, president of the Maine College of Art,

Levinsky's Inc.'s slander suit against Wal-Mart will be heard in federal court t

Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne addressed the 1996 Libertarian P

Linda and Jonathan Miele's troupe from Maine State School for the Performing Art

List of 62 Small Business Administration Guaranty loans distributed in the quart

List of Small Business Administration Guaranty Loans distributed in the quarter

Mad Horse Theatre is seeking a larger facility and to move into Portland's Downt

Maine businesses seeking global opportunities should not wait for Governor Angus

Maine ginseng root is prized throughout the Orient for its potency and aphrodisi

Maine has six programs affiliated with the North American Riding for the Handica

"Maine Tour Magazine," a publication that serves motorcoach tour operators, debu

Maine voters endorsed three referenda last November, pumping $225 million into s

Malone Commercial Brokers confirmed this week that Home Depot will build a 120,0

Mark Woodward of the Benchmark commercial building firm in Portland estimates th

Michael Donahue, past president of the World Affairs Council of Maine, won its B

Michael Reynolds will leave his post as executive director of Ski Maine to becom

National Semiconductor denied rumors that it would scale back expansion in South

"News for Small Business." Lu Bauer, CPA, of Falmouth was named Accountant Advo

"News for Small Business." Mary Denzer of the Women's Business Development Corp

NYLCare Health Plans, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, was the s

On average, pet owners spend $559 per cat and $1,117 per dog each year. Portla

On January 1, 1996, Akers Associates realtors joined the Prudential Real Estate

On June 11, South Portland voters will be asked to authorize the city to borrow

Pat Pinto's Tributes company in Portland works with businesses on one-to-one mar

Philanthropist Elizabeth Noyce has given the Portland Museum of Art the Mary Cas

Portland area commercial real estate enjoyed a banner year in 1995. Real estate

Portland area residential real estate brokers report that the market is booming.

Portland has a number of stores stocking exotic and specialty foods. Model Food

Portland pharmaceutical company PharmX, Inc., has developed Palaprin, a tasty an

Portland's METRO bus system will introduce its battery-powered ZIP commuter shut

Presenters at the Finance Authority of Mane's "Venture Capital in Maine" seminar

Profile of Alan Pugsley, who taught Dave Geary, who opened Portland's first micr

Profile of Brad Burns, founder of Kemco, which he recently merged with copy mach

Profile of Jody Sataloff, the former lawyer who bought the Raquet and Fitness Ce

Profile of John O'Leary of the Maine law firm Pierce Atwood. The enivornmental

Profile of Kennebunkport furniture-maker Bill Huston. After working with Thomas

Profile of LaCasse and Weston industrial engineers, in Gorham. L & W makes mold

Profile of Management Research Group in Portland. It was formed in 1983 as the

Profile of Peter Bishop, a stockbroker at Tucker Anthony.

Profile of Peter Hawkes, owner and sole broker of the Maine Real Estate Company.

Profile of Portland real estate developer Pritham Singh. In the 1970s Singh pro

Profile of Portland's environmental engineering industry. Maine's leadership in

Profile of Steven Levesque, director of business development at the Maine Depart

Profile of the children's musical act Julie and Brownie. Brownie Macintosh, hal

Profile of the Maine Ice Boating Championships, hosted by the Chickawaukie Ice B

Profile of the new Macy's, which absorbed the Jordan-Marsh that had been the anc

Ray Malatesta, the first employee badged when National Semiconductor opened in 1

"Real Estate Update." Burnham Service, a Georgia-based computer parts service a

"Real Estate Update." Mustang Properties, Inc., composed of two Portland invest

"Real Estate Update." Royal River Natural Foods purchased a 4400 square foot co

"Real Estate Update." The CarTest facility on Route 1 in Rockland has been sold

"Real Estate Update." The former CarTest Facility in Augusta will be converted

Representatives of Hussey Seating, Idexx, and UNUM addressed the World Affairs C

Review of the wholesale buyer's guide ot Maine-made products, available from the

Saga of Richard Sampson's 1954 Corvette. The Maine farmer founded a chain of 33

Sam Hayward, former chef of the Harraseeket Inn, and Dana Street, of Street & Co

Scenic Solutions in Portland creates visual displays for retail, exhibits, resta

Schlotterbeck and Foss is Maine's oldest family-owned food products company. It

Shaw Bros. Construction in Gorham owns one of only 16 Jaw Crusher Units with Gri

Since 1992, office vacancy in Portland has fallen from 23 percent to 12 percent.

Small banks like Bath Savings and Saco and Biddford Savings Institution have bee

"Step Ahead." Administrator Ruth Glazer has developed a series of free Noonday

"Step Ahead." Clay City pottery gallery of Portland has designed ceramic knob o

"Step Ahead." Continuation of the saga of Richard Sampson's 1954 Corvette. It

"Step Ahead." Five small Maine businesses will accompany Governor Angus King on

"Step Ahead." Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth offers its employees day care fo

"Step Ahead." New Scarborough business openings will include Circuit City's fir

"Step Ahead." Robert McMahon reports that the Maine Business Index has been lev

"Step Ahead." The city of Portland has published a 30-page booklet, "Your Guide

"Step Ahead." The six sculpted granite boulders that comprise a larger-than-lif

"Step Ahead." The University of Southern Maine's new Center for Entrepreneurshi

The 10,000 Girl Scouts who sold Little Brownie Bakers cookies throughout souther

The Business Round Table for Youth and Families gave awards to two teenagers: Yo

The double-decker cruise ship "Casablanca" will arrive in Portland this month, s

The Freeport Merchant's Association has opened a new information center by the r

The Friends of St. Lawrence Church are trying to decide if the 1897 Portland Con

The Good Day Market, once a grubby health food store and Portland West End insti

The grassroots Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization will ask the Portland City

The Maine Business Index shows only slight improvement in state economic output

The November 17, 1995, opening of Borders book superstore in the Maine Mall set

The Portland area has been chosen as a test market for the LIPA Dog Toilet. The

The Portland Boxing Club in Morrill's Corner has brought amateur boxing back to

The Portland Fish Exchange must cope with a decline in groundfish stocks, which

The President's Council of Sustainable Development selected the "Color Me Green"

The Rite Aid drug chain has sought approval to buy a large parcel of land by the

The six-year old Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Souther

This year Junior Achievement will teach 4,500 Maine students about free enterpri

Three Canal Plaza has become the latest large Portland office building to change

Tourism, Maine's largest industry, brings $2.7 billion to the state and employs

Twelve hundred people attended this year's Advertising Resources '96 Trade Show

Two new breast care centers in Portland offer different atmospheres but a simila