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Tourism & Recreation
Feds award $2.5M to BigRock Mountain for new chairlift
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.
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Blue Hill inn dating to 1830 sells to Georgia couple
Updated: October 2, 2022The buyers said they’re embracing both its historic nature and the chance to develop concepts of eco-tourism and green lodging practices.
Updated: October 2, 2022
Bangor eatery gets top props in national ranking
September 28, 2022Timber Kitchen & Bar was deemed the country's "Best of the Best Everyday Eats" in a Tripadvisor ranking.
September 28, 2022
Canada to end COVID entry, travel restrictions
September 26, 2022Starting Oct. 1, travelers to Canada via Maine and elsewhere will no longer be subject to COVID-19 entry restrictions in place since the start of the pandemic.
September 26, 2022
A Deer Isle business that outfits summer camps has new ownership
September 21, 2022Island Approaches is the parent for Maine Camp Outfitters, Maine Promotional and a retail store operating in Stonington. The outfitting company supplies about 40 summer camps.
September 21, 2022
Portland basks in yet another national spotlight
Updated: September 18, 2022Maine's biggest city is ranked among Forbes magazine's 25 best places to enjoy retirement in 2022.
Updated: September 18, 2022
UMaine plan to convert iconic buildings into campus hotel moves forward
September 15, 2022The venture with a Chicago investment management firm and a Philadelphia real estate development company is the University of Maine System’s first public-private partnership.
September 15, 2022
Appalachian Mountain Club buys 27,000-acre Piscataquis County forest for $18.5M
September 15, 2022Acquisition of the 27,000-acre forest Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Piscataquis County is expected to preserve outdoor recreation and forestry industry opportunities as well as habitat.
September 15, 2022
Portland nonprofit to build $300K kids' outdoor recreation center
September 15, 2022The Rippleffect Outdoor Center, which will be adjacent to Rowe Elementary School in Portland, received the green light this week from city authorities.
September 15, 2022
Owner of Shawnee Peak will restore ski area's original name, Pleasant Mountain
September 14, 2022Boyne Resorts, which is based in Michigan, also owns Sugarloaf and Sunday River ski areas in Maine.
September 14, 2022
NY couple moves to Castine to buy coastal town's oldest summer hotel
September 12, 2022Overlooking Penobscot Bay, the inn was built in 1894 and has been a hotel its entire life and a focal point for the community.
September 12, 2022
Bob Smith remembered as hospitality industry icon
September 9, 2022The late Bob Smith was the longtime majority owner and self-proclaimed Lighthouse Keeper of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, which he sold last year.
September 9, 2022
Downtown Waterville's Lockwood Hotel opens
September 7, 2022After serving as additional student housing during the pandemic, downtown Waterville's new Lockwood Hotel has finally opened to the public.
September 7, 2022
Maine airport chiefs bullish on Labor Day weekend, fall travel outlook
September 1, 2022Ahead of the long holiday weekend, Mainebiz touched base with with the heads of Maine's two biggest airports a steer on expected travel volumes.
September 1, 2022
Portland brewer plans year-round sales of top beer
Updated: September 6, 2022Nearly a decade after launching Maine Island Trail Ale to raise money for a local nonprofit, Rising Tide Brewing Co. plans to make the award-winning beer available year-round.
Updated: September 6, 2022
Storied Rockland schooner to end Maine operations
August 30, 2022The owner cited upcoming Coast Guard compliance and maintenance costs and losses of the 2020 season as becoming “a hill too big to climb.”
August 30, 2022
Portland pub reopens with new 'lease' on life
August 28, 2022Bull Feeney's, which closed in March 2020 and reopened with limited hours for three weeks that summer, has reopened with a renegotiated lease.
August 28, 2022
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