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After 8 years of restoration, Kittery life-saving station is Maine's newest museum
William Hall Updated: August 16, 2024The Wood Island station, built in 1908, once housed rescue crews who rowed open boats to reach mariners in distress. Now the life-saving building has a new life.
William Hall Updated: August 16, 2024
USDA grant will help UMaine team turn forest products into jet fuel, fish feed
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 6, 2024Developing such new products from waste wood could ultimately generate additional revenue streams for Maine's forest-related industries.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: August 6, 2024
Meet the 2024 Mainebiz Women to Watch
Updated: August 5, 2024Now in their 15th year, the Mainebiz Women to Watch awards honor women who have demonstrated leadership in wide-ranging sectors of business, health care and the nonprofit world.
Updated: August 5, 2024
Women to Watch: Grace Mo-Phillips is an entrepreneur, mentor to underserved women
Renee Cordes Updated: August 5, 2024At the CEI Women’s Business Center in Portland, Program Director Grace Mo-Phillips draws inspiration from the alumni of the BIPOC Women’s Business Navigator she has created and leads.
Renee Cordes Updated: August 5, 2024
Feds to send $69M for Maine’s climate-resilience projects
Laurie Schreiber July 26, 2024Maine is on the front lines of the climate crisis, and federal officials say the state's working waterfronts bear the brunt of climate dangers.
Laurie Schreiber July 26, 2024
UMaine to build $10M aquaculture workforce training facility, on the site of earlier one
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 25, 2024Students will work on systems that resemble high-production facilities. It’s estimated the aquaculture sector will need 1,300 additional employees in the next 15 years.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 25, 2024
Golden seeks to block planned increase in minimum gauge size of legal Maine lobster
Laurie Schreiber July 24, 2024A delay is proposed for the upcoming gauge increase until regulators work with fishermen to reconsider stock data and the market effects of the change.
Laurie Schreiber July 24, 2024
$21M will go to help 68 Maine working waterfronts damaged by storms
Renee Cordes Updated: July 24, 2024The waterfronts damaged in January will receive funding to cover a wide range of needs, from rebuilding damaged wharves to repairing fuel and electrical systems.
Renee Cordes Updated: July 24, 2024
Gulf of Maine Research Institute names chief operating officer
Alexis Wells July 16, 2024The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a Portland-based marine nonprofit, has hired Nana Annan as chief operating officer.
Alexis Wells July 16, 2024Rockland fishing boat crew, other Mainers sentenced in herring fraud scheme
William Hall July 15, 2024The defendants sold over 2.6 million pounds of their catch without reporting it as required to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
William Hall July 15, 2024
Downeast Salmon Federation receives $9.1M grant for dam removal in Cherryfield
Alexis Wells July 9, 2024The Downeast Salmon Federation will use a $9.1 million grant to remove an ice retention dam on the Narraguagus River in Cherryfield.
Alexis Wells July 9, 2024
Biddeford kelp company has record harvest as seaweed industry prospers
Laurie Schreiber July 2, 2024Kelp farming is considered a way to keep commercial fishermen active in slower seasons and cash flow in coastal communities. Maine grows the majority of farmed seaweed in the U.S.
Laurie Schreiber July 2, 2024
Mi’kmaq trout hatchery is among Maine recipients of $7M in federal funds
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 2, 2024An expanded hatchery, considered a game-changer, was one of 12 awardees in northern Maine. They also included projects aimed at workforce and child care development and municipal infrastructure.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 2, 2024
With a nod to summer campfires, Portland startup Marin Skincare expands product line
Alexis Wells July 1, 2024The young company, known for its Lobster Lotion, is adding new products to its lineup and says it has seen growth over the last year.
Alexis Wells July 1, 2024
After $850K makeover, Maine State Aquarium reopens in West Boothbay
Laurie Schreiber June 25, 2024Structural problems led to renovations of walls and floors, along with upgrades to the pumps and filters, new display tanks and custom-made touch tanks.
Laurie Schreiber June 25, 2024
Aquaculture boot camp looks to fill gap in Maine's workforce development
Laurie Schreiber June 11, 2024The boot camp was designed to train new entrants for shellfish and kelp farming as practiced in Maine.
Laurie Schreiber June 11, 2024
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?
The Giving Guide
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Groundbreaking Maine
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The Giving Guide
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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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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