Part 1:  New England Made Giftware & Specialty Food Show will be held the weekend of March 17-19, 2018 in Portland, Maine for buyers only. Joining us this morning is Christine Caswell & Meg Walsh of C&M Ceramics and Ebenezer Akakpo of Akakpo and Company. The ladies tell us the story of their company and how the mug that they brought Ray came to be. Ebenezer is back this year as well and this is his second year in the show as well. He describes some of the jewelry designs and the history behind them.
Part 2: They continue to share their stories and struggles of a small business.
Part 3:  Pat Callaghan joins us by phone from NewsCenter Maine. Ebenezer tells his story of how he came to do many items in his business. They are living the “America Dream”. Pat asks how the Made and Maine label helps their brands. Ray asks Ebenezer how he ended up in Maine going to the Maine College of Art. Ray and Pat talk about Ranked Choice Voting. Pat gives his opinion on this confusing topic. They also talk about the Nor’easter that is pounding us today. How accurate are the projections of snow? CMP is also a topic and power outages.