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23 Liveable city
Biddeford's mayor wants to
make the city an affordable
place for nurses, cops,
teachers and firefighters.
9 Building Business
A roundup of construction
news includes projects in
Scarborough, Biddeford,
Eliot and Sanford.
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Yellow Light Breen, president and CEO of the
Maine Development Foundation, carries a five-
foot Charlie Hewitt "Hopeful" sigh wherever
he goes. (For this photo, plugging in on a cold
December day just before Christmas required
a team effort and spontaneous innovation.)
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Maine's economic
forecast calls for
cautious optimism,
but expect some
ups and downs
along the way
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