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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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Plans in the works to reopen Bar Harbor oceanarium by 2022
Updated: March 15, 2021After 18 months on the market, the new owner plans renovations and new programs at the attraction. “The whole place is fun for kids. We don’t want that to go to waste,” said the buyer.
Updated: March 15, 2021
After $25M purchase and renovations, 4 Kennebunkport inns will debut as 1 resort
Updated: March 12, 2021The neighboring inns each date to the early 1800s, and now will share amenities and services. The idea of a joint approach began years ago, when Lark Hotels president Rob Blood bought the first of the four properties.
Updated: March 12, 2021
Maine state parks, public lands expect busier-than-usual spring
March 11, 2021The Bureau of Public Lands is urging those looking to get outside to plan ahead and avoid the crowding that shut down 10 coastal parks last year from March to June.
March 11, 2021
As rules loosen, Maine's hospitality industry still needs 'one more step to get there'
March 8, 2021While hospitality and tourism officials laud the reopening plan Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday, they also say that the next few months are crucial to getting the industry back on its feet.
March 8, 2021
Biddeford-based Hyperlite Mountain Gear adds NY investor
March 8, 2021T-street Capital LLC typically invests $5 million to $25 million in growing, small- to mid-sized consumer goods businesses. The investment in Hyperlite follows a round of early-stage venture financing the company received three years ago.
March 8, 2021
Maine river conditions mean drought may continue, but flood risk is low
March 5, 2021The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission meets every spring to determine the possibility of spring floods and how the snow pack will affect ground conditions.
March 5, 2021
King to chair Senate subcommittees on national parks, strategic forces
March 4, 2021"From Acadia to Zion, America's national parks are treasures that help Americans of all backgrounds connect with the great outdoors and make lifelong memories," said the new chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on
March 4, 2021
Maine co-launches international hackathon to help rural regions recover from pandemic
Updated: March 4, 2021The virtual forum invites participants from Maine and across the North Atlantic to identify digital solutions to deliver essential health care services and create a recovery plan for the tourism industry, with a focus on rural communities.
Updated: March 4, 2021
‘Wild and scenic’ listing could protect York River watershed
Updated: March 3, 2021The listing would cap off a collaborative, decade-long effort that could deliver more federal funding to protect the river, which provides environmental and economic benefits to surrounding communities.
Updated: March 3, 2021
King bill would provide $120B in relief for restaurants hurt by pandemic
March 2, 2021The bipartisan Restaurants Act would allow owners to apply for grants of up to $10 million to cover eligible expenses retroactively to February 15, 2020, and ending eight months after the legislation is signed into law.
March 2, 2021
UMPI receives grant to market an astronomical attraction in Aroostook County
Updated: March 2, 2021The Maine Solar System Model is unique to Aroostook County and as a tourism attraction because it’s a naturally socially distanced activity. New marketing materials will include brochures for all 62 chamber offices across Maine.
Updated: March 2, 2021
Bar Harbor-Nova Scotia ferry company earns $1M a year while ship sits idle
March 1, 2021Bay Ferries Ltd. receives a management fee for the CAT high-speed ferry service, even when the ferry isn't operating. It's been idle for the past two years and the 2021 sailing season is also canceled.
March 1, 2021
Maine tax revenues are rosier than expected, state officials say
February 26, 2021Forecasts had been downgraded last year after the onset of the pandemic, but General Fund revenue since July is now 6.6% higher than expected.
February 26, 2021
Ogunquit's beach makes the top 10 list in US, up from last year's ranking
February 25, 2021The pristine beachfront in this York County town, about 45 minutes south of Portland, received rave reviews and ratings in the annual list from travel website Tripadvisor.
February 25, 2021
As more RVs take to the road, Windham dealership is selling to national chain
Updated: February 24, 2021Business has been booming at Lee's Family Trailer, especially since the start of the pandemic, and attracted the attention of the country's largest RV retailer.
Updated: February 24, 2021
$6M, 101-room South Portland hotel planned amid its own competition
Updated: February 24, 2021The TownePlace Suites hotel would occupy a vacant lot between two other hotels, owned by the same group of companies proposing the new one. Two years ago, the owner planned to use the site for a hotel under another name.
Updated: February 24, 2021
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