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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X I I I O C T O B E R 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 4 A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder PUBLISHER Peter Stanton ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR Ann Fisher SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret, Bridget Reed Morawski Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen C O N T E N T S Castine's new blood After a pandemic shakeout, a new wave of owners is rebuilding key businesses 14 18 MDI responds to housing crunch With lack of housing putting a 'crunch' on recruitment, Bar Harbor employers take more of a role in development M I D C O A S T / D O W N E A S T F O C U S R E G I O N A L T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3 » SP ONSORED BY 60 IDEAS IN 60 MINUTES Deb Neuman President of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce MAINEBIZ.BIZ/BANGOR22 December 1 / Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor 7:30 — 8:30am / Registration, Breakfast, Networking 8:30 — 10:30am / Panel Discussion Six Maine CEOs from the greater Bangor region will each share 10 ideas on their keys to success in business and in life. The discussion will cover everything from how to successfully run and operate a business, to effective ways to motivate and manage people. MODERATOR P H O T O / DAV I D C L O U G H 14 18 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F JA C K S O N L A BO R AT O R Y Jackson Laboratory employees cut the ribbon recently on an affordable housing complex. Johanna Barrett, owner of the Compass Rose Bookstore in Castine, where new owners of legacy businesses are giving the coastal town a burst of energy.

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