Article: Brunswick, Maine-area chamber name change stirs trouble.

By Dennis Hoey, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 27--BRUNSWICK, Maine -- A decision by the Chamber of Commerce of the Bath-Brunswick Region to change its name to the Midcoast Maine Chamber has infuriated business leaders who live just up the coast. They are accusing the Bath-Brunswick organization with "brand name theft."

Meanwhile, officials with the Bath-Brunswick Chamber say the new name has been approved by the Secretary of State's Office and represents nothing more than a "letterhead change" aimed at more accurately describing the 16 coastal communities it represents.

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