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A Maine boatyard has an electric boat it says could energize the working waterfront
Peter Van Allen July 28, 2023The vessel Take Charge is powered by a 40-horsepower Flux Marine electric outboard, and charged with solar power. While the boat is in use, data is gathered using a “baseline usage device” to help inform improvements in future electric-boat hull
Peter Van Allen July 28, 2023
Island Institute could get $1.5M to shore up lobster industry, coastal communities
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 18, 2023The money would support work to provide financial education, income diversification training and business skill development for Maine lobstermen.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 18, 2023
Aquaculture trainees learn the ropes in summer programs
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2023“It’s exciting to see all of the ventures popping up within my home state, which makes me feel like I don’t have to travel far in order to find a career on the water,” said a pre-apprentice.
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2023
$35M for Maine’s lobster industry advanced in Senate funding bill
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2023About $30 million will go to Atlantic right whale-related research and monitoring, which could help the lobster industry in its assertion that it doesn’t cross paths with the endangered whale.
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2023
King bill would create national aquaculture office
Renee Cordes Updated: June 30, 2023The SHELLS Act would create a designated office for aquaculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist shellfish harvesters and farmers.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 30, 2023
FAME approves loan to help a Millinocket aquaculture business
Alexis Wells June 28, 2023Katahdin Salmon Inc. will be at the site of the former Millinocket Paper Mill, which closed in 2008. The loan will help create up to 80 jobs in Millinocket.
Alexis Wells June 28, 2023
Bigelow Laboratory outfits research vessel that was a gift from Vermont college
Laurie Schreiber June 25, 2023With a chartered boat previously used, it would take five hours to reach research sites, leaving little time for research. Now researchers can be on-site in less than two hours.
Laurie Schreiber June 25, 2023
Southern Maine businessman scoops up marine towing service
Laurie Schreiber June 21, 2023Sea Tow was established in 1983 when the Coast Guard stopped responding to non-emergency boating calls. The company now has franchises in over 500 ports nationwide.
Laurie Schreiber June 21, 2023
Lobster industry gets another reprieve in federal plan to curtail harvesting
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 19, 2023The court said lack of data led to an estimate of 46 whale deaths per decade, a “staggering departure from the two documented deaths” over nine years.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 19, 2023
Incoming head of Gulf of Maine Research Institute brings international expertise
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 13, 2023Glenn Prickett will assume the role of CEO on Sept. 1, replacing former CEO Don Perkins, who announced the search for his successor along with his intention to retire last November after nearly 30 years in the leadership role.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 13, 2023
SCORE Maine honors small businesses that stand out
Renee Cordes Updated: June 13, 2023Winners represent sectors from farming to janitorial services. Shannon Kinney, founder and chief client success officer at Dream Local Digital, a Thomaston-based digital marketing agency, was the keynote speaker at last week's SCORE awards luncheon.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 13, 2023
Money for mussels, meat & more: 20 Maine businesses to share $185K in 'Tastemakers' grants
Renee Cordes Updated: June 9, 2023The initiative, now in its third year, is a partnership between Coastal Enterprises Inc. and FocusMaine.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 9, 2023
Seafood industry contributes $3.2B a year to the Maine economy, report says
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 31, 2023A first-ever economic analysis found Maine’s seafood sector had $3.2 billion in total output in 2019, the latest year available. The output was driven by retail sales, lobster harvesting and seafood processing.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 31, 2023
This world is your oyster: A robust oyster farming industry thrives — despite hard work and nature’s wily ways
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2023Oyster farming has grown from a few operations 40 years ago to about 150 farms today, driven by an optimal growing environment, conducive regulations, a strong market and training programs.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2023‘Locally grown’ takes on several meanings
Peter Van Allen Updated: May 29, 2023Some 44% of Maine’s 13,414 agricultural producers are women.
Peter Van Allen Updated: May 29, 2023
Maine researchers tackle why there are more adult lobsters, but fewer juveniles
Laurie Schreiber May 16, 2023New studies hypothesize the decline is due to climate change. The disconnect has been widespread in the Gulf of Maine and could impact the future of the lobster population.
Laurie Schreiber May 16, 2023
Today's Poll
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
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The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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