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Maine companies with global reach honored by MITC
Renee Cordes Updated: April 4, 2024Tempshield, a Trenton-based maker of cryogenic gloves and other protective gear, is among the winners of the Maine International Trade Center's 2024 International Trade and Investment Awards.
Renee Cordes Updated: April 4, 2024
Yarmouth’s Sea Meadow Marine awarded $790K for working waterfront upgrades
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 1, 2024The money will go toward rebuilding a bulkhead and launch ramp and installing water and sewer systems. The improvements will make the site more usable for tenants and could help them expand their businesses.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 1, 2024
On the Record: GMRI’s Glenn Prickett aims to ‘help communities thrive in a warmer world’
Renee Cordes Updated: April 1, 2024Glenn Prickett, president and CEO of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, says his priorities this year include bringing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice to the nonprofit's work.
Renee Cordes Updated: April 1, 2024
Lubec looks at saving landmark herring smokehouse
Laurie Schreiber March 22, 2024Earlier this month, Preservation Timber Framing of Berwick began a structural and restoration cost assessment of the buildings, with a focus on the herring smokehouse structure.
Laurie Schreiber March 22, 2024
In wake of January storms, Maine's fish wharves and working waterfronts are starting to rebuild
Laurie Schreiber March 21, 2024"Our storage room was completely flooded," said one wharf owner after the back-to-back tempests. "We had floating propane tanks." Grants from the Island Institute will help rebuild infrastructure that's relied upon by 1,195 commercial vessels.
Laurie Schreiber March 21, 2024
Fishing groups pile on against feds’ wind energy area
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2024Fishery associations said the designation of the area “is the culmination of a rushed development process.” The federal the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has said the area was selected after extensive stakeholder engagement.
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2024
US Harbors, Maine-based website for tides and coastal weather, acquired by co-founder
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2024Plans include exploring new opportunities for expansion and innovation in the marine industry.
Laurie Schreiber March 20, 2024
Feds' proposed site for offshore wind gets mixed grades from labor, lobster trade groups
Laurie Schreiber March 18, 2024Labor groups back a federal designation of an offshore wind site in the Gulf of Maine, but the Maine Lobstermen’s Association still has concerns.
Laurie Schreiber March 18, 2024
Maine commercial fisheries jump $25M in value, with strong boat price for lobster
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 4, 2024The boat price for lobster was up, but landings came in at only 93.7 million pounds — the lowest amount for the past five years.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 4, 2024
Seafood roadmap looks to grow industry by 10%, add 1,000 jobs by 2030
Laurie Schreiber March 1, 2024Plans emerging from the industry-led Seafood Economic Accelerator for Maine include creation of a promotional council to enhance the seafood brand, find new markets and strengthen the overall food economy.
Laurie Schreiber March 1, 2024
Sea Tow expands its towing service on southern Maine waters
Laurie Schreiber February 27, 2024Previously, the closest Sea Tow vessel was stationed in South Portland. The response time for boaters in Kennebunk waters will now be significantly faster.
Laurie Schreiber February 27, 2024
Mills requests federal disaster aid for $70M in damage from January storms
Laurie Schreiber February 26, 2024Much of Maine's marine industry operates from homes with private docks; hundreds of disaster survivors are “fighting to sustain generational family businesses with limited support.”
Laurie Schreiber February 26, 2024
Maine lobstering line entangled whale that died, but question remains: Where?
Laurie Schreiber February 15, 2024Lobster trap rope is marked by colors to show where it's used. Analysis of the recovered gear “could indicate different gear configuration scenarios, some of which suggest state waters and others which suggest federal waters," a Maine official says.
Laurie Schreiber February 15, 2024
Researchers will look into co-existence of offshore wind power, fisheries off Maine coast
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024Researchers will explore how fisheries might coexist with floating offshore wind turbines, and will create a baseline inventory of data about Maine's fishing community.
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024
C'est si bon! Mainers serve up scallops, fishery expertise to French chefs in NYC
Laurie Schreiber February 6, 2024The group highlighted the differences and quality of Maine scallops, in both the wild fishery and the farmed sectors, including regional differences in flavors, or merroir.
Laurie Schreiber February 6, 2024
Biden approves federal disaster assistance for much of Maine in wake of December storm
Alexis Wells January 31, 2024President Joe Biden has approved a federal disaster declaration for Maine to help recovery efforts following the severe wind and rain storms that hit the state in December.
Alexis Wells January 31, 2024
Today's Poll
Poll DescriptionSponsored 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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