Fork & Spoon
[caption id="attachment_8746" align="alignleft" width="300"] Elisabeth Dean, owner, Fork & Spoon[/caption] As a first-time business owner, Elisabeth Dean has approached running…
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Children's Odyssey
It was time to move. “After 25 years in a variety of locations that we “made work,” we hadn’t found…
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The Captain's Catch
In late March, Deborah Hamblen-Wood began working with Women’s Business Advisor Ruth Cash-Smith on plans to lease the Castine take-out,…
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Mahala's Day Spa
Five years into owning and operating Mahala’s Day Spa, Hiedi Hayden had already operated in two different spaces, and renovated…
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Niyat Catering
In November 2016, PROPEL, CEI, Fork Food Lab, Maine Access Immigrant Network, and the Maine Public Health Association collaborated to…
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Quoddy Bay Lobster
Family-owned and operated Quoddy Bay Lobster is an iconic Eastport, Maine, attraction, currently open for its 12th season. Famous for…
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Sweeties Dog-O-Rama
Next door to Sweeties Downeast candy shop in Eastport is owner Lisa Stephen’s newest enterprise: Sweeties Dog-O-Rama, a dog-grooming boutique,…
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Eastport Family Pharmacy
The people of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria are known as the entrepreneurs of Africa. It’s no surprise that Ben…
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The Ecology School
Welcoming and Keeping Young Professionals in Maine [caption id="attachment_8384" align="alignleft" width="300"] TES Educators perform a song for students.[/caption] People know…
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Seedlings to Sunflowers
Seedlings to Sunflowers, a start-up nonprofit childcare center in Gorham, broke ground on its new facility on Friday, November 10,…
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