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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 A U G U S T 2 5 , 2 0 2 5 From the Editor I t's long been noted that while Maine grows and/ or harvests many of the foods that end up on res- taurant tables, they are often processed elsewhere. For many years, lobster that was harvested in Maine waters was sent to New Brunswick, Can., to be processed and frozen (for later use in lobster rolls, for instance). Wild blueberries picked Downeast were sent to Michigan to be dried for use in prod- ucts like chocolate bars. Cattle and chicken raised in Maine were sent out of state to be slaughtered. But that's now changing, as Aroostook County- based correspondent John O'Meara reports. In Aroostook County, John talks to a potato chip maker and a meat processor. He also talks with a grain proces- sor in Skowhegan and a tortilla maker in Scarborough. John's story starts on Page 14. Deputy Editor Renee Cordes and her husband, Mainebiz contributing photographer Jim Neuger, spent several days in Greenville. Renee writes about the worker shortage in the Moosehead Lake area (Page 10), while Jim offers Mainebiz readers a photo essay about the historic ship Katahdin (Page 21). And back in Bangor, Senior Writer Laurie Schreiber met with some entrepreneurs moving into the downtown. Her story starts on Page 16. A note on the use of 'northern' In this issue of Mainebiz we tiptoe around a delicate matter by calling this the "Bangor and Northern Maine" focus, treating it as two distinct areas. I think most people in Bangor would not con- sider themselves in "northern Maine." If you talk to many people in the Portland area, they refer to Bangor as northern Maine. We may be guilty of that at times in Mainebiz! Yet looking at a map of Maine, Bangor is not even in the center. It's in the southern half of the state. To be on safe ground, it seems fair to refer to Aroostook County and Piscataquis County as north- ern Maine. We always try to keep in mind it takes nearly six hours to drive from Kittery north to Fort Kent (and Bangor would not even be the halfway point, going south to north). Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz Featured @ Mainebiz.biz For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Mainebiz offers the latest business news in the Daily Report and the Real Estate Insider newsletters. Here is the top content from Aug. 5–18. 1. 3 Maine towns ranked among nation's 10 priciest summer destinations 2. Here are the 2025 'Best Places to Work in Maine' 3. Business park under construction in Wells has been a curiosity 4. Meet the 2025 Outstanding Women in Business 5. 15 Maine companies ranked among nation's fastest-growing 6. Now showing at former Biddeford movie theater: pickleball and golf 7. Northern Light plans leadership shuffle at 3 hospitals 8. Outstanding Women in Business: Kelly Flagg helps build Maine's construction workforce 9. Scarborough speedway with a loyal following razed to make way for FedEx facility 10. Downeast supplier of marine specimens forges global distribution agreement P H O T O / A L E X I S W E L L S 1 We always try to keep in mind it takes nearly six hours to drive from Kittery north to Fort Kent. We're attorneys. But we're people first. Meet John. A seasoned business lawyer, John offers sound, strategic advice to businesses across emerging and mature industries, guiding them through every stage of their lifecycle, from start-up and funding to growth and exit — and all of the crucial steps in between. bernsteinshur.com John J. Moran Shareholder Putting the 'process' in food processing

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