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  • Maine airports get $450K in federal grants

    June 25, 2014

    Airports in northern and western Maine are receiving a total of $450,000 in federal grants, U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins announced on Tuesday.

    June 25, 2014
  • Popular Munjoy Hill market reopening after fire

    June 23, 2014

    The former Colucci’s market on Munjoy Hill will reopen under a new banner next week, and the owners hope to win back former customers and attract new ones.

    June 23, 2014
  • LePage may reconsider nonprofit bonds

    June 23, 2014

    Gov. Paul LePage said he will consider restarting a nonprofit bond program he essentially shut down three years ago that left many nonprofits without more affordable financing options.

    June 23, 2014
  • Group vows appeal of fed’s Downeaster ruling

    June 19, 2014

    A neighborhood group has vowed to appeal the Federal Railroad Administration’s approval last week of the Amtrak Downeaster’s proposed train layover facility in Brunswick.

    June 19, 2014
  • Sale of former Hostess bakery casts gloom

    June 18, 2014

    The former Hostess bakery in Biddeford has gone up for sale, dashing any hopes that the property’s new owner would rehire any of the approximately 370 workers laid off in 2012.

    June 18, 2014
  • Feds OK Downeaster layover facility

    June 18, 2014

    The Amtrak Downeaster’s proposed train layover facility in Brunswick cleared a major hurdle after receiving final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration.

    June 18, 2014
  • Cross Insurance buys Portland civic center naming rights in $2.5M deal

    Dylan Martin June 17, 2014

    The Cumberland County Civic Center will be renamed to Cross Insurance Arena after the Bangor-based company secured naming rights in a 10-year, $2.5 million deal.

    Dylan Martin June 17, 2014
  • GNP, Millinocket reach deal on tax dispute

    June 17, 2014

    Great Northern Paper Co., which owns two Katahdin-area mills, has reached an agreement to pay the $2.24 million in delinquent property taxes it owes the town of Millinocket.

    June 17, 2014
  • Waterville developer has big plans for former mills

    June 16, 2014

    A developer seeking to revitalize three former mill buildings in Waterville said he is in talks with a community college as a potential future tenant, but that is only one of many plans.

    June 16, 2014
  • Bangor businesses hampered by construction work

    June 16, 2014

    Some businesses in downtown Bangor say they have been hurt by the ongoing construction work at West Market Square.

    June 16, 2014
  • Former upscale spa in central Maine up for sale

    June 13, 2014

    A former luxury spa that was once owned by Elizabeth Arden, who built a cosmetics empire and was once one of the wealthiest woman in the world, is up for sale.

    June 13, 2014
  • Portland vote could hurt local development

    June 12, 2014

    Some business leaders are concerned that Portland’s vote to effectively block the sale of Congress Square park, along with other citizen-led initiatives, could have a chilling effect on developers seeking to make major investments in the cit

    June 12, 2014
  • Portland project stalled after city votes to protect parks

    June 11, 2014

    A proposal to buy and convert Portland’s Congress Square into an events center will have to face a citywide referendum after voters approved new protections for parks on Tuesday.

    June 11, 2014
  • $3M water upgrades planned for York County

    June 9, 2014

    The Maine Water Company in Biddeford is planning to spend nearly $3 million this year to improve aging drinking water infrastructure in southern Maine.

    June 9, 2014
  • Cate Street, Millinocket seek to resolve tax debt

    June 9, 2014

    Cate Street Capital, the New Hampshire-based investment firm that purchased two mills in the Katahdin area in 2011, is seeking to resolve its tax debt with the town of Millinocket.

    June 9, 2014
  • Arcadia among crowdfunded bars coming to Portland

    Dylan Martin June 6, 2014

    Two ambitious bar ventures opening in Portland this summer recently completed successful Kickstarter campaigns within the last month — a funding source that startups have increasingly turned to nationwide over the past few years.

    Dylan Martin June 6, 2014

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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. 

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