Maine’s brewing industry had a total economic impact of $327.7 million in 2012, according to new data from the Brewers Association. That figure includes direct, indirect and induced impacts. (If you’re interested in the methodology, here’s how Bart Watson, the Brewers Association’s staff economist, came up with the numbers.) That’s certainly a hefty sum, and comparable […]
File this under things Leon Leonwood Bean would never understand*. On Monday afternoon, L.L.Bean’s PR team tweeted a disclaimer that it is not in fact giving away $100 gift cards on Instagram. FYI – #LLBean is not giving away $100 gift cards on Instagram. Spam Insta account @llbeanofficial asking for your email. Pls RT — […]
Time Warner Cable is reportedly dropping New England Cable News from its channel lineup for customers in New England. NECN (not to be confused with NESN, the sports network) has a bureau in Portland and offers local and regional news 24 hours a day. In a move Time Warner Cable says is unrelated, it will […]
Yesterday, Gov. Paul LePage’s office issued a news release to announce that Ntension, a Hermon-based manufacturer of tension-fabric structures, was expanding its space and workforce. The company plans to move into a brand new 40,000-square-foot facility by May 2014 and add more than 20 jobs over the next few years, reaching a total estimated workforce of […]
Have you heard of Kurt Badenhausen? No? He’s the guy we all love to hate. Kurt is a senior editor at Forbes magazine and the producer of the infamous list of the Best States for Business, on which Maine has placed dead last four years in a row. Marty Grohman, entrepreneur, sustainability guru and podcaster, spoke […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia last week released what it calls its coincident index for each state. The index is an effort to summarize current economic conditions in a single statistic. The report, which used October data, makes Maine look pretty good, placing it among only 11 states that saw its index score increase by […]
Here’s a chance to help some young Maine entrepreneurs. The robotics team at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish has developed an engineering concept for a shoe that would collect and store energy for future use. It has entered its concept into Rockwell Automation’s “Engineering Our Future” contest, and needs your votes to win. At […]
I’m preparing to raise a young family myself, so when I saw the following headline it caught my attention: “The Best Towns in Maine for Young Families.” Deciding where to raise a family is a rite of passage for young couples (kind of like deciding on whether to get a joint checking account or not). […]
Watch your step. There’s a lot of BS on the Internet. You may see the news on Twitter or your Facebook feed that AMC is planning to film an episode of The Walking Dead in the Maine woods. The news is attributed to a blog written by a screenwriter purportedly living in Maine. The blog’s […]
Time Warner Cable made a good business decision (and an all-around good decision) on Tuesday that is sure to create goodwill within the Filipino-American community. On Nov. 12, Time Warner Cable announced that it would make calls to landline and mobile numbers in the Philippines free for all of its residential and business customers through Nov. […]
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