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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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Live + Work in Maine golf tourney aims to top last year's results, benefit hospital
March 30, 2022Last summer, Maine had its first pro golf tourney in nearly 30 years, drawing over 150 players and nearly 3,000 spectators and pulling in $100,000 for a good cause. Dozens of players are signing onto this year’s tourney.
March 30, 2022
Sunday River revs up chairlifts, plans other upgrades with expansion in mind
Updated: March 29, 2022A new chairlift will be the fastest eight-person lift in North America, and will feature ergonomic heated seats, each with its own suspension system. New snow guns will accommodate future expansion at the ski resort.
Updated: March 29, 2022
Neighbor in need: Saco Drive-In may get new home, life at Aquaboggan Water Park
March 28, 2022The Saco Drive-In, which opened in 1939, may get a new life across the street at the Aquaboggan Water Park.
March 28, 2022
Maine's maple businesses celebrate sweet success as weekend festival returns
March 27, 2022Over 100 sugarhouses opened their doors over Maine Maple Sunday Weekend, drawing thousands of people to see, smell and taste the work of the country's third-largest maple industry.
March 27, 2022
Portland, UMaine System update COVID safety protocols
Updated: March 28, 2022Portland will soon no longer require attendees at indoor public events to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test for the disease. But there are some exceptions. Maine's public university system is also relaxing some measures.
Updated: March 28, 2022
A flat February for Maine’s unemployment rate
March 25, 2022Maine's unemployment rate was little changed in February, but there was some increase in jobs in areas such as health care and social assistance, leisure and hospitality and construction.
March 25, 2022
Bangor businessman buys Orono golf course created by famed Scottish designer
March 25, 2022More than half of the fairways on the century-old course were in poor shape a few years ago. A half-million-dollar restoration since then has brought them back.
March 25, 2022
Industry groups team up to launch online tourism career center
March 23, 2022The center is more than a job board, and features an online career coach to assist job seekers with writing a resume, interviewing and networking.
March 23, 2022
After makeover, Brunswick lodging property is revived as a boutique hotel
Updated: March 22, 2022After a $3.5 million renovation, The Federal opens in the Captain Daniel Stone Inn space in Brunswick.
Updated: March 22, 2022
Maine businesses band with retailers in Ukraine to send critically needed supplies
March 22, 2022Two Maine business groups are working with a counterpart in Ukraine to get donated clothing, food and other goods to residents of the country, invaded and now besieged by Russia.
March 22, 2022
Northern Light Health goes big with $100K donation to BigRock chairlift campaign
March 22, 2022The goal of replacing the decades-old lift is to increase mountain capacity, shorten lift rides and help promote BigRock as a family skiing destination.
March 22, 2022
Kennebunkport hotelier invests $20M in Mount Desert Island resort
Updated: March 21, 2022The cottages and motel are at the gateway to Bar Harbor and Acadia. A boston.com plug generated hundreds of reservations in one day.
Updated: March 21, 2022
Business Leaders: Julie Butcher Pezzino leads a top community resource for Maine children
Updated: March 21, 20222022 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year: The Nonprofit Leader of the Year in the category of attraction or hospitality, Pezzino has led the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine to the finish of a $15 million capital campaign and the start of
Updated: March 21, 2022
Business Leaders: Amber Lambke is breaking bread to grow Maine Grains, and to build a community
Updated: March 21, 20222022 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Leader of the Year, Lambke has built Maine Grains from a local grist mill into a community around grain and related products, energizing downtown Skowhegan and the
Updated: March 21, 2022
Business Leaders: Sea Bags CEO Don Oakes leads retail expansion, targets production growth
Updated: March 21, 20222022 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year: The Large Company Business Leader of the Year, Oakes has served as CEO of Sea Bags since 2013. Under his watch, the maker of totes and accessories from recycled sails has doubled down on growth, despite
Updated: March 21, 2022
Waterville accelerator picks lineup of 12 startups
Updated: March 17, 2022The Good Crust, bluShift Aerospace and the GenoTyping Center are among the startups named to the inaugural cohort of the Dirigo Labs accelerator program, which is set to launch in Waterville.
Updated: March 17, 2022
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