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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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As holiday season starts, traffic down — but not out — for Maine roads and retailers
Updated: November 30, 2020Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season, and Mainers appeared out in force. But gift-giving and holiday travel are far different in 2020 than in previous years.
Updated: November 30, 2020
Scarborough track closes chapter on live harness racing
Updated: November 30, 2020The last day of live harness racing at Scarborough Downs was a bittersweet one this past Saturday for hundreds of spectators and those who worked at the track, which opened seven decades ago.
Updated: November 30, 2020
Restaurants across Maine get grants from chef-led cooking show fundraiser
November 25, 2020The live-streamed "Sunday Supper" show by the Maine Restaurant Relief Fund has, so far, provided $5,000 grants to 19 restaurants in all 16 counties.
November 25, 2020
Economic Recovery Committee says Maine needs more federal stimulus to rebuild
November 25, 2020The committee, convened by Gov. Janet Mills in May, offered long-term solutions that cover innovation, education, attention to diversity and more in a final report, released Tuesday. But the initiatives will also need help from the federal
November 25, 2020
Growing outdoor recreation demand supports Katahdin Region activity, event centers plan
November 24, 2020Matt Polstein, the owner of the New England Outdoor Center, plans an outdoors activity center and event center on Millinocket Lake, and says an increased demand for outdoor recreational activity in the area makes him confident they'll do well.
November 24, 2020
FAME approves additional Saddleback financing as resort prepares to reopen
Updated: November 24, 2020Financing is expected to benefit area business and help stimulate the local economy and increase tax revenues. The resort, which is Maine's third-largest ski area, will reopen this season after being closed for five years.
Updated: November 24, 2020
Maine's visitor centers will adopt new technology in effort to drive tourism
Updated: November 23, 2020The goal is to give people the ability to book attractions and accommodations and have the resources available at the center and on the road. Studies show visitor center traffic generates longer stays and more spending.
Updated: November 23, 2020
Maine businesses that seat customers have 9 p.m. curfew for next two weeks
November 20, 2020The restriction, designed to limit the amount of time people spend together, will be in force until at least Sunday, Dec. 6, as the state's numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise sharply.
November 20, 2020
Acadia’s pilot reservation system gets mixed results
November 18, 2020Vehicle reservations for Cadillac Mountain went well. But many visitors showed up at the Sand Beach entrance station unaware they needed reservations or unable to pull up their reservations due to spotty cellphone service.
November 18, 2020
Bubbles and beer: Portland craft brewery will serve outside this winter in mini-tents
Updated: November 18, 2020Heather Sanborn, owner and director of business operations at Rising Tide Brewing Co. in Portland, shares some details about the Quebec-inspired innovation in a Q&A with Mainebiz.
Updated: November 18, 2020
As holiday shopping season gets underway, Maine resumes quarantine for Mass. visitors
Updated: November 16, 2020As of Monday, the quarantine-or-test rule for visitors from certain states again includes Massachusetts travelers. They had been exempted since September, although some businesses criticized that the exemption hadn't come earlier in the tourism
Updated: November 16, 2020
Plan calls for network of multi-use rail trails across Maine by 2030
November 12, 2020The Maine Trails Coalition plan for 2020-30 would add 13 rail trails that connect 37 existing ones, with development of five others proposed, linking the state, attracting tourists and boosting the economy, while also preserving rail tracks for
November 12, 2020
Portland won't enforce emergency minimum wage until 2022
November 11, 2020The mayor and City Council Tuesday night said the ordinance requiring time-and-a-half for minimum wage workers doesn't go into effect until the new minimum of $15 kicks in.
November 11, 2020
Maine's $2.9B outdoor recreation industry still going strong, national report shows
November 11, 2020Statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the sector supported 40,069 jobs in Maine in 2019.
November 11, 2020
Maine wedding industry urges couples: Wait till next year
Updated: November 8, 2020The campaign responds to cancellations caused by the pandemic, which shuttered event businesses in Maine for four months beginning in March, followed by limited operations. Weddings inject nearly $1 billion a year into the Maine economy.
Updated: November 8, 2020
Maine theaters say the show must go on. But amid COVID-fostered union spats, will it?
Updated: November 11, 2020While live theaters have gone dark because of the pandemic, a professional drama company in Portland has managed to resume production. But COVID-19 precautions demanded by a powerful actors union worry some theaters about their next act.
Updated: November 11, 2020
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