The Aid and Advice edition: 05/15/2008

If you can't view this newsletter, click here. Business Headlines Blogs Maine News Direct Events Resources Classifieds Thursday, May 15, 2008 Today's Business Headlines Disaster relief expanded to more counties [Bangor Daily News] Fort Kent: Recovery center opens [Bangor Daily News] Labor Department offers flood assistance [Bangor Daily News] Federal aid expanded for flooding victims [The Associated Press] State investments: safe or lucrative? [Bangor Daily News] BIW Union VP Resigns [WMTW News] Biologists keeping eye on red tide [Bangor Daily News] Farm Bill Has Downside For Some Maine Farmers [MPBN Maine News] Kenduskeag: Farmers meeting seeks dairy solution [Bangor Daily News] Gardening in Maine shows signs of growth [Portland Press Herald] Economist gives L-A thumbs up [Sun Journal] Millinocket: Energy company moving jobs to Mass. [Bangor Daily News] Ashland: Fraser millworkers qualify for aid [Bangor Daily News] Verso Paper cuts back on IPO shares, price [The Associated Press] Augusta says yes to condo changes [Kennebec Journal] Business Briefcase [Portland Press Herald] Deal in the wind for TransCanada [Morning Sentinel] A passion for fresh [Portland Press Herald] Skowhegan: Dealers reach new Hights [Morning Sentinel] Expert canvas fitter's got it covered [Portland Press Herald] Veteran Chef Jonathan Chase Cooks Up New Restaurant [The Ellsworth American] Windham: Farm market tuning up for season [Portland Press Herald] Rockland: Opposition grows to Walgreens zone change [Maine Coast Now] Father-son duo guides novice drivers [Portland Press Herald] In Corea: Aquaculture Facility Still a Work in Progress [The Ellsworth American] Smooth Sailing So Far for Great Pond Building Proposal [The Ellsworth American] Dan Billings: Unlikely face leads people's veto of tax increases [Kennebec Journal] Jim Brunelle: Campaign protecting part of economy from inflation effects [Kennebec Journal] Belfast: Chamber hires community relations director [Village Soup] Stop Work Order On, Then Off, At Newcastle Restaurant [Lincoln County News] BACC sales director named president of Midcoast chamber [Village Soup] Midcoast Maine Chamber announces new president from Belfast region [Maine Coast Now] Auburn Oil Plan Would Equalize Fuel Oil Prices [MPBN Maine News] Machinists, BIW reach tentative agreement [Sun Journal] Pittsfield forum on energy draws few residents [Bangor Daily News] New director starts at chamber [Sun Journal] PUC stalls water rate increase [Sun Journal] CareerCenter hosting resource fair [Sun Journal] Danforth joins ERA Worden [Sun Journal] Franklin Chamber slates meeting [Sun Journal] LAEGC award winners [Sun Journal] Maine News Direct See recent releases and publish your own. A service of the Maine Public Relations Council and MaineBusiness.com. BANGOR HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPANY SELECTS MCCABE, DUVAL + ASSOCIATES... released 5/14/08 Westbrook Community Chamber to Elect 2008-2009 Officers at Annual Meeting on June 11... released 5/14/08 Public Charter Schools Document Growth and Quality... released 5/14/08 View more releases | Post a release PROPEL - Young Business Leaders Welcome to the PROPEL Blog May 14, 2008 08:30 AM Welcome to the first entry in the PROPEL series of blogs. What is... more The Takeaway Cabela's vs. L.L. Bean May 15, 2008 07:40 AM Today I'm going to attend the grand opening of Cabela's - an outdoors gear retailer - in Scarborough. 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Or, Stand Out By Standing Up Bruce MacMillan / Maine Center for Economic Development, Noon - 2 p.m., University of Southern Maine, Abromson Center, Portland Campus Local Prosperity in a Global Economy Keynotes Governor Angus King & Peter Vigue, Cianbro, 8:00am - 5:30pm, USM Abromson Center Membership: 338-8908 Conferen. Taxes and Maine -Getting to Reform Western Maine Alliance, 7 - 9 a.m., Olsen Student Center's North Dining Hall, University of Maine, Farmington Sunday, May 18, 2008 The Golf Clinic - addictive virtual golf 12:00pm - 5:00pm, The Golf Clinic 874-9900. Tuesday, May 20, 2008 PROPEL Breakfast at the Regency 7:15 - 8 a.m., Regency Hotel Writing a Business Plan SCORE, 6- 9 p.m., SCORE Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Ecotoasters Meeting 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tyson Bldg., (East Side State Government Campus) Lisa Higgins 207-287-7023. IMPACT Business Connections 8:30-9:30am, Kennebunk Maine 801-0938-4226. 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