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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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Couple completes long-planned purchase of historic Rockland schooner
Updated: February 22, 2021The husband-and-wife team, both licensed captains, recently took ownership of Rockland schooner J.&E. Riggin, dating back to 1927. After the shutdown last summer, the windjammer fleet plans to embark on this season under COVID-19 guidelines.
Updated: February 22, 2021
Octagon-shaped B&B in Oakland changes hands
February 19, 2021Built in 1850, the inn features an octagon-shaped house and attached post-and-beam barn on the shore of Messalonskee Lake. One suite was carved out of the octagon’s granite foundation. The pandemic-driven real estate market resulted in multiple
February 19, 2021
State seeks marketing agency to work with Office of Tourism on promoting Maine
February 19, 2021The current contract ends June 30, and the request for proposals seeks an agency that will help promote Maine tourism across the country and Canada, with a budget based on taxable sales from the restaurant and lodging industry.
February 19, 2021
Portland Sea Dogs ready to play ball amid talks on hosting fans
February 19, 2021After 2020's canceled season because the pandemic, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox prepares for its return to baseball with a 2021 schedule released on Thursday. The home opener at Hadlock Field is scheduled for May 4.
February 19, 2021
On the Record: In Gorham, Kevin Jensen urges businesses to take a walk in the park
Updated: February 22, 2021A year after becoming the town's economic development director, the New York City transplant discusses what's drawn him to Maine and what might draw companies to Gorham and a planned industrial park.
Updated: February 22, 2021Thomas student's startup aims to modernize Maine snowmobile tourism
February 18, 2021Entrepreneur Jake Ward, frustrated at the lack of convenient information on the state's extensive snowmobile trail network and amenities, has created a website to boost an industry that draws 30% of its participants from out of state.
February 18, 2021
Camden considers affordable housing, maker spaces for old tannery site
February 18, 2021Town officials cited affordable housing as a key consideration for the redevelopment proposal of a century-old tannery site. One proposal calls for 35 to 50 affordable housing rental apartments.
February 18, 2021
Yarmouth Clam Fest canceled for second year in a row
February 17, 2021The festival was scheduled for July 16-18, but the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce and other organizers said there are too many uncertainties about the pandemic to hold the event, which in recent years has drawn as many as 150,000 visitors.
February 17, 2021
UMaine launches $110M plan to expand, upgrade Orono sports facilities
February 17, 2021The 10-year project, largely funded by a $90 million gift last fall from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will add new arenas and fields while upgrading current infrastructure. The university says the improvements will also have benefits beyond the
February 17, 2021
Above all else, George Smith was a man who loved Maine
February 16, 2021The outdoors advocate, who served 18 years as executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, was also a writer, blogger and celebrator of all there is to love about Maine, the outdoors to its food, lodgings and people.
February 16, 2021
State marketing campaign promotes 'responsible recreation,' offers business toolkit
February 12, 2021The Maine Office of Tourism is launching the initiative and asking for support from businesses in an attempt to protect the natural resources that draw increasing numbers of visitors during the pandemic.
February 12, 2021
Arenas in Portland, Bangor still poised to see action as field hospitals
February 10, 2021Plans in place since nearly the start of the pandemic call for venues in both cities to serve as makeshift COVID-19 field hospitals. That hasn't been necessary, but officials are preparing, just in case.
February 10, 2021
Bucksport manager reflects on town’s pivot after 2014 mill closure
Updated: February 10, 2021The Verso Paper Mill closure in December 2014 cost Bucksport 40% of its tax base and hundreds of jobs. By early 2020, planning and partnerships resulted in full downtown storefronts, numerous festivals, increasing visitation and demand for real
Updated: February 10, 2021
Proposed forest rules could hurt Maine economy, cost jobs, delegation says
February 9, 2021A proposed rule change would limit private landowners with access to Natural Resources Conservation Service programs to 45,000 acres, and devastate Maine's logging, outdoor recreation and conservation economies, the state's U.S. senators and
February 9, 2021
Maine airports gear up for summer season with added routes
Updated: February 9, 2021"We are once again pleased that our airline partners continue to put resources into our market," said Paul Bradbury, the airport director at the Portland International Jetport.
Updated: February 9, 2021
New owners of vintage Bar Harbor B&B to add wellness retreat
Updated: February 8, 2021The Yellow House was built as a single-family home in 1872 in a different Bar Harbor location and later moved to its present location. Both buyers and sellers are serial entrepreneurs with multiple hospitality businesses in Bar Harbor.
Updated: February 8, 2021
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