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Winning vodka recipe was born in a barn

FREEPORT — Chris Dowe perfected his vodka recipe in a barn near his house, where he fermented potatoes into a wine that could then be distilled into a spirit. He had no choice but to tinker at home — Dowe and his partners were launching a company called Maine Distilleries, and he needed to learn […]

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Charles Lawton: Tourism leads Maine out of the recession

I am often asked, “Can’t you say something nice about the economy? Isn’t there some good news out there?” OK, here is some good news — tourism is leading Maine out of the Great Recession! Putting aside the hornet’s nest of what exactly is tourism — that’s a subject for another column — it is […]

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Datebook

Monday TechMaine Web Designers User Group: “Beyond Pretty: Information Architecture and Why You Need It in Your Site Design,” 6 p.m., with Ellen Kanner. University of Southern Maine, Science building, Room 103, Portland. Free and open to the public. For details or to register, visit www.techmaine.com/wdug.  Tuesday “Renovate Your Organization: Steps to Creating Lasting Change,” […]

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Michelle Singletary: Book offers straight talk on startups

How many times have you dreamed of being your own boss? I’ve certainly been to my share of finance conferences where business owners make the audience of wannabe entrepreneurs long for the time when they can set their own hours or answer to no one but themselves. They glorify business ownership, making people restless to […]