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The Next List was originally designed to highlight the people who were changing Maine’s economy, who were on the rise. Some of them were on the young side, but not all. It was more about the energy and vision a person was bringing to a project. This year we present seven leaders who are carving out new territory. Like a lot of businesspeople in the past 18 months, they’ve had their ups and downs. But how they responded is also part of why they’re being honored. Here are some of my favorite...

The two Nexters, who founded MedRhythms Inc., a Portland startup whose digital therapeutics may someday help restore nervous system functioning, discuss the growth of the business and what changes lie ahead.

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Thomas College in Waterville aims to break ground on a state-of-the-art athletic facility later this year, with plans to open by early fall 2022, the private college said. The facility will be funded in part by the college’s recent "Guarantee the Future" campaign, which raised a record $30 million. That campaign gained momentum from a $13.5 million Harold Alfond Foundation gift. Thomas College also raised $662,000 in its annual Day of Giving on Wednesday — "an incredible feat for a little...

From bridges to broadband, President Joe Bidens $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday could mean significant new investment in Maine. Known as the American Jobs Plan, it aims to modernize transportation infrastructure nationwide including 20,000 miles of road and 10,000 bridges. Areas of investment over eight years include broadband, to the tune of $100 billion to achieve 100% coverage; upgrades to passenger and freight rail service as well as ports, waterways and airports; and ...

KinoTek Inc., a Portland-based developer of a digital health platform that uses computer-vision technology for body-motion assessment, said Tuesday that it has raised $600,000 in a pre-seed funding round that was oversubscribed. The company was founded in 2018 by University of Maine students Justin Hafner and David Holomakoff, who won the "Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge" in 2019. In Tuesdays announcement, KinoTek said it will use funding raised in its first round to launch its first prod...

Thomas College President Laurie Lachance attributes the campaign's success to three factors, including a vote of confidence from the Harold Alfond Foundation in the form of a $13.5 million investment in the Waterville school.

Thomas College President Laurie Lachance attributes the campaign's success to three factors, including a vote of confidence from the Harold Alfond Foundation in the form of a $13.5 million investment in the Waterville school.

Maine-made delicacies, from Atlantic Sea Farms Fermented Seaweed Salad to Maine Grains Pearled Black Barley, were well-represented in the 2021 Good Food Awards, announced in late January by the San Francisco-based Good Food Foundation in a virtual ceremony. This years winners, chosen out of 1,928 entries in a September blind tasting, included nine products from the Pine Tree State made by eight producers. Saco-based kelp processor Atlantic Sea Farms, whose CEO Briana Warner was honored on the...

Caribou is looking for a new look, but some officials there are sticker-shocked by the potential cost of rebranding the city. For at least a decade, Caribou signs, police cars, promotional materials, city documents and other things have displayed a familiar logo: a silhouette of the namesake deer species, surrounded by the slogan “the most northeastern city in the United States.” Problem is, it’s not clear what community holds that distinction. Caribou’s name appears nowhere in the logo...