Category: Business

Jeff Gammelin points out the qualities of the granite.

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Rocking the granite business

By Laurie Schreiber The sprawling shops at Freshwater Stone—22,000 square feet on 20 acres in Orland—are filled with the sound of industrial machinery, including wire saws and multiple-axis bridge saws, cutting into massive blocks of granite weighing tens of thousands of pounds. Digitally operated, the machinery produces slabs and complex… SEE MORE
One of the several Kittery malls.

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Kittery Outlet Mall could offer affordable housing option

By Wanda Curtis As real estate prices spike in Kittery, efforts to carve out a niche for affordable housing have intensified, and one possible step toward alleviating the crunch is rethinking a popular shopping plaza. The median single-home listing price, according to Realtor.com, is $345,000. Kittery’s town manager, Kendra Amaral,… SEE MORE
Waterfront properties remain a strong sector of the real estate market.

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Home sweet home: what’s happening this building season?

By Jacqueline Weaver Smaller homes, single floor living, separate guest houses for visiting children, and walls of windows that open to the outdoors are all current trends in building and renovation projects along the Maine coast, according to a number of contractors and banks. Danielle Betts, director of design and… SEE MORE

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National models for broadband impart lessons

By Kendra Jo Grindle In Clatskanie, a small rural town in northwestern Oregon, local organizers are piloting a new way to connect—“mesh” networks. Medina County, Ohio is implementing an open access fiber model to bring multiple, competitive internet service providers (ISPs) to residents county-wide. Multiple electric co-ops in Tennessee are… SEE MORE
At the April 17 open house at Brunswick Landing

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Maine company deploys energy technology in Alaska

  By William Hall//Photos by Michele Stapleton Power-generating technology piloted in Washington County will soon provide a commercial source of electricity in Alaska. The technology’s developer, ORPC Inc., unveiled its RivGen Power System April 17 at a ceremony in Brunswick, attended by Gov. Janet Mills and 150 others. ORPC will… SEE MORE
The Palace Diner’s famous pancakes.

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Biddeford’s Palace Diner serves up chummy foodie experience

By Sally Noble For as long as anyone can remember, there’s been a 15-stool Palace Diner in Biddeford—in fact, it’s been there as long as its habitat, a 1927 Pollard train car, was first built. And until recently, the food was what one would expect at this little Disneyland curio,… SEE MORE