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Feds award $2.5M to BigRock Mountain for new chairlift

Laurie Schreiber August 18, 2022

The existing lift is over 50 years old. The new lift will feature technology such as a touchscreen interface that eases system operations and maintenance. 

  • Proposals submitted for returning pro hockey to Portland

    March 2, 2017

    Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland are scheduled to meet next week to review four proposals for returning professional hockey to Portland.

    March 2, 2017

  • Tourism conference will focus on finding workers

    Staff March 2, 2017

    Workforce development will be a key theme at the 2017 Maine Governor's Conference on Tourism.

    Staff March 2, 2017

  • Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters group forms

    Staff March 1, 2017

    Six months after former President Barack Obama created a national monument in Maine, a nonprofit organization has formed to support its mission.

    Staff March 1, 2017

  • Gov. LePage to Trump: 'Make the Maine woods great again'

    James McCarthy February 23, 2017

    In a Feb. 14 letter to President Donald Trump, Maine Gov. Paul LePage urges the president to rescind President Barack Obama's Aug. 24, 2016, designation of about 87,500 acres east of Baxter State Park as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National

    James McCarthy February 23, 2017

  • You can get there from here with new fish-and-game apps

    February 22, 2017

    Recreational fishing and hunting just got smarter with the development of two mobile apps that link to state regulations and provide detailed directions to Maine's myriad ponds and lakes and prime hunting spots.

    February 22, 2017

  • New data: Maine Airbnb hosts earn $26 million in 2016

    Staff February 22, 2017

    Airbnb announced today that Maine's 3,700 active hosts earned more than $26 million in supplemental income in 2016 by hosting approximately 174,000 visitors to the state.

    Staff February 22, 2017

  • The Olympia Cos. to develop new hotel for Colby College

    Staff February 22, 2017

    The Olympia Cos., a Maine-based hospitality management company, announced it will develop and manage Colby College's planned 42-room boutique hotel and restaurant in downtown Waterville.

    Staff February 22, 2017

  • USM students learn about ecotourism in Cuba

    Staff February 21, 2017

    A group of students from the University of Southern Maine have completed an innovative, team-taught 20-day course off Cuba to learn how to develop a tourism strategy that included sustainable initiatives regarding Cuba's pristine coral reefs.

    Staff February 21, 2017

  • Women's basketball tourney to bring state $4M

    Lori Valigra February 21, 2017

    The America East Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which is coming to Maine in 2017 and 2018 for the first time in 20 years, is expected to have an economic impact of $2 million each year in games and related festivities, its sponsors said.

    Lori Valigra February 21, 2017

  • After long downturn, seaside inns find new investors

    Laurie Schreiber February 20, 2017

    Migis Hotel Group's purchase of the Higgins Beach Inn in Scarboroug is part of considerable transactional activity among independently owned hotels along the coast over the past year. Sales of other legacy resorts like the Linekin Bay Resort in

    Laurie Schreiber February 20, 2017

  • Bill to protect Monhegan's iconic scenery would effectively 'kill' offshore wind pilot project

    James McCarthy February 20, 2017

    Legislation proposed by Maine Sen. Dana Dow, R-Waldoboro, to prohibit The New England Aqua Ventus 1 project from building two 6-megawatt wind turbines two-and-a-half miles off Monhegan Island could kill the University of Maine-led effort. The

    James McCarthy February 20, 2017

  • L.L.Bean to be title sponsor for PBA bowling event

    February 16, 2017

    L.L.Bean has signed as the title sponsor for a Professional Bowlers Association tournament that will be hosted at Bayside Bowl in Portland this spring.

    February 16, 2017

  • Portland Symphony announces four finalists to be orchestra's next director

    February 15, 2017

    The Portland Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday there are four finalists under consideration for the position of music director, replacing Robert Moody, who will step down after the 2017-18 season.

    February 15, 2017

  • Machias restaurant rebrands itself as nano brewery

    February 15, 2017

    Skywalker's, which opened in Machias in 2013, is reinventing itself as a nano brewery, Machias River Brewing Co.

    February 15, 2017

  • Millinocket loses bowling alley in snowstorm

    February 14, 2017

    Millinocket lost a central part of its community when the roof at Katahdin Pins 'n Cues collapsed during the Feb. 12 snowstorm. The sudden buckling was powerful enough to project debris across the street.

    February 14, 2017

  • Federal hiring freeze affects Acadia

    February 10, 2017

    Notwithstanding its record-breaking centennial last year, Acadia National Park isn't immune to President Donald Trump's Jan. 23 executive order placing a 120-day freeze on federal government hiring,

    February 10, 2017

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Today's Poll

How was the 2025 summer tourism season?
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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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