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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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New wedding barn bets couples will say ‘I do’ to Aroostook County
June 21, 2021On 92 acres, the 5,000-square-foot barn is outfitted with wedding party suites, prep kitchen and traditional center aisle. Bookings started coming before it was even built. The goal is to attract destination weddings.
June 21, 2021
Lockwood Hotel completion is 'start of something exciting'
June 16, 2021The Lockwood, which is owned by Colby College, will house students through the end of next fall semester, but the hotel's Front & Main restaurant is up and running.
June 16, 2021Maine will pay unemployed workers $1,500 apiece to take a job
June 15, 2021A new program launched Tuesday will reward Mainers for accepting employment over the next two weeks, and will offer a $1,000 bonus to people who are hired next month. The incentives are designed to help employers get desperately needed personnel.
June 15, 2021
Tall ship events at Maine ports will help kick off bicentennial, a year later
Updated: June 15, 2021Historic schooners, a Coast Guard cutter and a full-size 3D-printed boat are some of the attractions planned for a “four-port loop” among Penobscot basin communities. The waterfront activities could benefit downtown businesses at a critical time.
Updated: June 15, 2021
New data shows Acadia visitors were fewer last year, but spent over $300M in Maine
June 14, 2021The number of visitors fell to 2.7 million from the 2019 total of 3.4 million. Nevertheless, they provided an economic boost of $454 million to the state.
June 14, 2021
Big redevelopment project proposed at Kennebunkport’s historic Colony Hotel
June 11, 2021Built in 1914 and owned by the same family since 1947, the hotel is the centerpiece of proposed redevelopment to expand the number of rooms, add green space, update infrastructure and evoke a village green feel that reflects the Colony’s traditional
June 11, 2021
Rumford rising: With new development, the town is showing it’s about more than the mill
Updated: June 14, 2021George O’Keefe, economic development director, shows Mainebiz around the Oxford County town, and the business hot spots that are transforming it.
Updated: June 14, 2021
Pandemic drove significant interest in Saco sports complex
June 10, 2021The 83,322-square-foot multi-tenanted sports complex sold for $6 million, after being on the market for several months and attracting interest from local and out-of-state investors. It once housed the Portland Pirates' practice arena.
June 10, 2021
Acadia’s 'quiet side' neighbors request Island Explorer service this year
Updated: June 9, 2021The goal is to help manage traffic issues at three hotspots in a secluded area of Acadia, with overflow parking and potential public safety hazards. But the fare-free bus system is at significantly reduced capacity this year.
Updated: June 9, 2021
Acadia National Park expects record-breaking year
Updated: June 8, 2021Despite Memorial Day weekend’s rain, every parking lot was full, and traffic crossing onto Mount Desert Island was up 6% from Memorial Day 2019. National parks elsewhere are seeing similar spikes.
Updated: June 8, 2021
King cosponsors bill to bolster tourism industry, seasonal businesses
Updated: June 10, 2021The recently introduced Visit America Act would formally authorize the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and create an assistant secretary position within the U.S. Commerce Department focused specifically on tourism.
Updated: June 10, 2021
RI couple bails on powerhouse careers for the innkeeping life in Maine’s North Woods
June 3, 2021An intensive care nurse and a financial analyst left those careers for innkeeping in northern Maine. A U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loan and “rollover for business startups,” or ROBS, helped finance the purchase. The buildings date back to
June 3, 2021
Proposal calls for Time & Temperature Building in Portland to become a hotel
June 2, 2021A proposal by Fathom Cos. to renovate the Time & Temperature Building as a luxury hotel is scheduled to go before the Portland Historic Preservation Board Wednesday night.
June 2, 2021
Rumford seeks the right developer for former motel site
Updated: June 2, 2021The town has issued a request for proposals for the 4.77-acre site on U.S. Route 2 that was once home to the Linnell Motel.
Updated: June 2, 2021
Border with New Brunswick set to open July 1, with details still to be resolved
June 1, 2021U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said she "welcomed" a plan by the government of New Brunswick, Canada, to reopen the border with Maine, but details about the opening still have to be worked out.
June 1, 2021
‘Next-gen’ tech or industrial destruction? Salmon farm proposal advances, but groups protest
June 1, 2021An application to lease two sites in Frenchman Bay for a closed pen aquafarm could result in production of 66 million pounds of salmon annually. But Maine’s coast shouldn’t be “a guinea pig” for “unproven” technology, said one local group.
June 1, 2021
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