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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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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
August visitation in Acadia down from 2018
Updated: October 7, 2019The number of visitors to Acadia National Park is down slightly for the year so far, and an August decline hit one portion of the park especially hard.
Updated: October 7, 2019
Bar Harbor grapples with vehicle congestion on cruise ship days
October 3, 2019The Bar Harbor Police Department has started trial efforts to relieve traffic congestion on cruise ship days. The measures are seeing initial success.
October 3, 2019
New Point Lookout owners seek tenants to continue resort operations
Updated: October 1, 2019Six months after buying the Point Lookout Conference Center in Northport, the owners are looking to lease out most of the facility in order for it to continue operations, after running into unexpected maintenance issues have proved more costly than
Updated: October 1, 2019
Tourism group's new staffing service leverages Florida's off-season
Updated: September 30, 2019The Maine Tourism Association is creating a nonprofit staffing service to help its members meet their seasonal and year-round staffing challenges.
Updated: September 30, 2019
Outdoor recreation rising factor in Maine's economy, national study says
September 27, 2019A new national study shows outdoor recreation is increasingly adding value in the state's economy, not only for traditional activities like boating, but in manufacturing, retail and more.
September 27, 2019
Rolling on the river: The head of Main Street Skowhegan has a plan and a passion
Updated: September 30, 2019Kristina Cannon, of North Anson, is executive director of Main Street Skowhegan. In her four years in the post, she’s brought new attention to the Kennebec River mill town.
Updated: September 30, 2019Maine Huts & Trails faces $500K shortfall
September 23, 2019Maine Huts & Trails, a Kingfield-based nonprofit with four lodges and an extensive trail network in western Maine for outdoor recreation, said Monday it faces a $500,000 budget shortfall that threatens its ability to open this winter.
September 23, 2019
A Look Back: 9/11 had an immediate impact on Maine
September 12, 2019In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. After the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which killed 3,000 people, businesses struggled everywhere —
September 12, 2019
Acadia expected to offer reservations for parking hot spots by 2021
September 12, 2019Acadia National Park is well along in the development of a transportation plan, which would include a reservation system and expanded park-and-ride opportunities, designed to reduce congestion in popular locations.
September 12, 2019
Feds award $700K to 4 Maine cultural attractions
Updated: September 12, 2019Four Maine cultural institutions have been awarded a combined $704,458 in federal grants, plus $769,730 in matching amounts, to enhance their public outreach.
Updated: September 12, 2019
Portland peninsula hotel boom still has room to grow, panel says
September 10, 2019With three new hotels due to open in 2021 and more planned, developers need to consider their product carefully, those attending a MEREDA breakfast on Portland hotel development are told.
September 10, 2019
Bar Harbor Oceanarium, a well-known attraction, hits the market
Updated: September 10, 2019The Bar Harbor Oceanarium, an educational aquarium with a lobster hatchery and ecological marsh walk, went on the market last week for $825,000.
Updated: September 10, 2019
Portland to Rock Row: Turn down the volume
September 6, 2019The Portland City Council has sent a letter to the Rock Row developers asking them to address concert noise and related issues at the Maine Savings Pavilion in Westbrook.
September 6, 2019
New policy on electric bikes at Acadia stirs debate
September 6, 2019Friends of Acadia is questioning a new national policy allowing electric motorized bicycles, or e-bikes, anywhere regular bikes are permitted — including Acadia National Park's gravel carriage roads.
September 6, 2019
Science director steps up as Schoodic Institute’s interim leader
Updated: September 3, 2019Schoodic Institute, a nonprofit partner of Acadia National Park, appointed Nicholas Fisichelli as interim president and CEO. He was previously Schoodic’s director of science and education.
Updated: September 3, 2019
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