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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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Stoneham treehouse resort being given away in photo contest
October 31, 2019If you’re looking for a new line of business, are handy with a camera, and aren’t averse to heights, this may be the opportunity you’ve been seeking.
October 31, 2019
Three Portland-area businesses close their doors
October 31, 2019A longtime skating rink, a Mexican restaurant and Maine's only toast bistro are all closing their operations.
October 31, 2019
More than a game? Maine's minor-league sports teams may have major impact
Updated: November 8, 2019Minor-league pro teams have made headlines far from the sports pages, including in Mainebiz. As the teams attract more commercial interest, what does that mean for the state's business community?
Updated: November 8, 2019
Katahdin Woods & Waters highway signs going up after long wait
October 28, 2019The national monument east of Baxter State Park opened in 2016, and the National Park Service says signs along Interstate 95 and Route 11 will be up in time for the 2020 season.
October 28, 2019
A new 'glampground' comes to Acadia
October 25, 2019Luxury camping — or “glamping” — is all the rage in Maine, and now a 60-acre glamping resort is planning to open next summer near Acadia National Park.
October 25, 2019
Ski Maine chief to retire 'with a mission,' helping run family orchard business
Updated: October 21, 2019The nonprofit trade group, representing 16 alpine ski areas and 21 Nordic ski centers statewide, is seeking a new executive director to succeed Greg Sweetser when he retires next May.
Updated: October 21, 2019
A Look Back: The 'worst' tourism season
October 17, 2019In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. A decade ago, the economy had tanked and Maine was reeling from a record-bad tourism season. But home buying
October 17, 2019
Rockland grapples with cruise ship capacity
Updated: October 18, 2019Some Rockland businesses are wary about any increase in the number of large cruise ships visiting the city. Others say cruise ships of all sizes benefit the city, but call for limits. The City Council is reexamining its guidelines.
Updated: October 18, 2019
Pro sports notebook: Deals in basketball and football
October 16, 2019The Maine Red Claws, a Portland minor-league basketball affiliate of the Boston Celtics for 10 years, are now also a subsidiary of the famed NBA team. And a professional arena football team may return to Portland.
October 16, 2019
Kennebec Valley Chamber's Whatever Family Festival gives way to new initiatives
Updated: October 16, 2019The three-week region-wide festival that begin in the mid-1970s with the Kennebec River Whatever Race is ending as the chamber focuses on workforce initiatives and its Kennebec River Craft Brew Fest.
Updated: October 16, 2019
RFP issued for 'endangered' historic Calais house
Updated: October 16, 2019The selected developer of the McGlashan-Nickerson House, on the property of the Saint Croix International Historic Site in Calais, will get up to a 60-year lease for rehabilitating and using the 136-year-old house.
Updated: October 16, 2019
Children's Museum sells landmark building to its neighbor, Portland Museum of Art
Updated: October 16, 2019The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine on Tuesday sold its property at 142 Free St. in Portland to the art institution, allowing the Children's Museum to to move forward with relocation plans.
Updated: October 16, 2019
Biddeford tower clock ticks again, telling time for a new downtown
October 15, 2019As ground broke last week for redevelopment of the former Lincoln Mill in Biddeford, one of four projects that may bring new life to the city’s mill district, a smaller project sprang to life a few blocks away.
October 15, 2019
Historic Freeport B&B attracts newbie innkeepers
Updated: October 21, 2019An 1890s Freeport home that was converted into a bed-and-breakfast in the 1990s has found new owners who are enthusiastically embracing the innkeeper lifestyle for the first time.
Updated: October 21, 2019
Developing Howard Hill Park in Augusta was a long public-private hike
October 11, 2019More than a decade in the making, developing the 164-acre city park behind the State House involved the Kennebec Land Trust, the city of Augusta, Kennebec Savings Bank and others.
October 11, 2019
Biddeford Lincoln Mill development is part of a bigger plan for mill district
October 10, 2019The hotel, residential and retail development of the 240,000-square-foot textile mill is the first of several that will transform the city's historic mill district.
October 10, 2019
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