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V O L . X X V N O. I X A P R I L 2 9 , 2 0 1 9 6 EPA earmarks $2M to protect Maine's air and water e U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.945 mil- lion to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to help protect Maine's environment. Maine DEP received $1.7 million to administer environ- mental programs for air, water, and waste throughout the state, while Maine DHHS received $220,915 to develop and implement a public water system supervision program to ade- quately enforce national drinking water regulations and the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, announced the funding. Marinas receive $3M to upgrade infrastructure Two Maine marinas will receive a total of $3 million through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 Boating Infrastructure Grant program. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced the awards to Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Inc. of Camden and DiMillo's Old Port Marina of Portland. Lyman Morse Marina, partnering with the Maine Department of Transportation, will use its $1.5 million award to construct and install a 120-foot fixed pier, a 334- foot wave-attenuating floating dock, a 579-foot floating dock, and 16 slips for other transient vessels, providing a total of 2,000 linear feet of new dockage for eligible transient boaters. DiMillo's Old Port Marina, also partnering with MaineDOT, will use its $1.5 million award to upgrade the marina with safer, wider, deeper, and sturdier docks, along with expanded conduits for utilities and fuel, a new fuel tank, lines, dispenser and payment pedestal, replacement pilings, three-phase power and an ADA- compliant ramp. e project will also expand the west side of the marina, pro- viding two additional 75-foot berths and 70 feet of additional lateral dockage. N O T E W O R T H Y S T A T E W I D E The Maine Office of Tourism released its strategic plan, urging the industry to continue to continually improve its prod- ucts and services to better compete in the domestic and international mar- ketplace. In a 44-page report released during the Governor's Conference on Tourism in Augusta, the tourism office highlighted five core imperatives: Be real, be authentic; build collaboration and partnership; make sites and pro- grams come alive; balance community and tourism; and "understand readi- ness," or marketing what Maine has to offer by finding the target market with the greatest interest. Gov. Janet Mills signed into law legis- lation promoting pay equality in Maine — 10 days after lawmakers approved the bill on National Equal Pay Day. LD B U S I N E S S M A I N E Business news from around the state S T A T E W I D E 1994: In December, the first issue of BIZ, the predecessor to Mainebiz, hits the streets published by BIZ Publications in Portland. Jonathan Whitney and Eric Obery are the company princi- pals, and Shirley Jacks is editor. Started in Whitney's house, the publication's first formal office was in the former Maine Bank and Trust Building at 465 Congress St. 1998: BIZ changes its name to Mainebiz, adds four-color covers. 1999: Donna Brassard takes over as pub- lisher in January. Jonathan Whitney becomes associate publisher. Mainebiz, with sales of about $400,000, is sold for $250,000 and becomes a division of Worcester Publishing Ltd. First editorial and sales staff hired. Publication expands focus statewide. 2001: Business Leaders of the Year awards begin recogniz- ing outstand- ing executives. Eight pages of color introduced. Mainebiz goes biweekly. Scott Sutherland takes over as editor in January 2000 until the spring of 2004. Company moves to 413 Congress St. 2001: First website launched. 2002: Mainebiz breaks even finan- cially, moves to 30 Milk St. 2003: Next List starts nam- ing entrepreneurs to watch. 2004: Michaela Cavallaro takes over as editor in mid-2004 until the end of 2005. 2005: Sean Donohue becomes edi- tor at end of 2005 until end of 2006. 2006: Print edi- tion redesign. The Daily online news- letter introduced in September with 500 subscrib- ers, which have grown to 10,000 in 2014. 2007: Worcester Publishing sells Mainebiz to New England Business Media, com- prised of former Worcester Publishing managers Peter Stanton (now CEO) and Joe Zwiebel (now president, group publisher). Mainebiz moves to 2 Cotton St. Taylor Smith becomes editor until fall of 2008. 2008: Website relaunched. Carol Coultas takes helm as editor in the fall of 2008 until April 2014. 2009: Mainebiz Sunday TV busi- ness news show starts with NBC affiliates WCSH6 in Portland and WLBZ2 in Bangor, and lasts until 2011. Mainebiz also starts recognizing promising business- women with the Women to Watch awards. 2010: Momentum Convention starts. On the Road events around the state begin. 2013: Print edition redesign, size reduced from tab to newspaper magazine format. Color available on every page. Black and white rate card disappears. Company moves to 48 Free St. 2014: Peter Van Allen becomes editor in May 2014. Mainebiz staff reaches 12, rev- enue is $2 million, print circulation is 9,000 subscribers with 30,000 pass-along read- ers, and website has 30,000 unique visitors monthly. The Daily has 10,000 subscribers. 2015: Launch of a Tuesday Real Estate Insider email newsletter, which even- tually garners 9,500 subscribers. 2016: Second and last Fastest-Growing Companies awards. The awards were done for two years but were discon- tinued because of the small pool of nominees, who were vetted through an extensive audit, and the recurrence of the same winners. 2017: James McCarthy, who had been a senior writer, takes over as the digital editor, and Mainebiz online readership numbers go up. 2018: Addition of a second Real Estate Insider newsletter, this one on Thursday. The Tuesday Real Estate Insider, written by Senior Writer Laurie Schreiber, focuses on a deal, while the Thursday newsletter, written by Senior Editor Maureen Milliken, is about development. Mainebiz celebrates 10th anniversary of Women to Watch awards. 2019: Introduction of a new website and subscriber "paywall." SOURCE: Mainebiz 2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A RY T I M E L I N E Putney files $3M debt offering (2014) — Putney sold two years later for $200M Study: Aquaculture key for state (2004) — People listened and it's happening Why are Mainers so clueless about taking time off from work? (2002) — It's the work ethic! Tracking the elusive young Mainer (2006) — We're still looking for young Mainers Business is brewing (2014) — The business of brewing is still brewing Time to get East/West highway off paper, proponents say (1999) — Twenty years later, the road is still on paper Books are big business (1999) — Um, not anymore No lack of work in Maine, just lack of jobs (1997) — Some stories never go out of fashion A new report on Maine's economy finds some good, some bad (2008) — The worst was yet to come Maine's wood components industry struggles with the effects of globalization (2002) — We keep this headline on reserve C R E D I T S & D E B I T S A look back at 25 years of headlines

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