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Bangor developer aims to bring biorefinery, jobs to former Lincoln mill site
Updated: August 2, 2021A biofuel called ethyl levulinate can be made from wood residue, waste paper or cardboard, municipal solid waste and food waste. The proposed biorefinery would produce locally sourced, renewable, carbon-neutral heating fuel.
Updated: August 2, 2021
3 locations, 1 package: Buyer scoops up Southern Maine warehouses for $9.4M
July 29, 2021In an off-market deal, a Maine-based buyer group picked up three fully tenanted warehouse/distribution facilities that are in great shape but are also expected to have significant upside as the leases expire.
July 29, 2021
Rockland mulls impact of proposed three-fer property sale on working waterfront
July 28, 2021Three pieces of the Rockland waterfront, totaling nearly nine acres, are being marketed as a single commercial offering. Some worry a sale could result in longstanding businesses getting crowded out, but the city says it's looking for balance.
July 28, 2021
Development plans stall for Camden’s former tannery site
July 26, 2021The proposal envisioned an “affordable industrial village.” The Select Board requested a housing component, complicating further negotiations. Still, said one official, “I don’t think it’s an impossible project.”
July 26, 2021
Soaring seaweed demand drives York County food processor to quadruple its space
Updated: July 26, 2021Build-out is underway at Atlantic Sea Farms' new Biddeford facility, with move-in expected to be complete by late October. Farming, production, and retail and wholesale outlets are growing, including sales to chain Whole Foods Market.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Draft defense bill could mean more work for BIW, other Maine contractors
Updated: July 26, 2021A draft bill in Congress could mean more work for Bath Iron Works and other Maine contractors, according to U.S. Sen Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, a member of the Senate's Armed Service Committee.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Brunswick Landing’s TechPlace gets $803K for manufacturing, creating 20 jobs
July 23, 2021The money is expected to support critical infrastructure improvements, create 20 jobs, retain 120 jobs and generate $3.5 million in private investment. TechPlace opened in 2015 and now houses 35 early-stage businesses.
July 23, 2021
Maker of light sculpture ‘Hopeful’ doubles down on neon with dedicated studio
Updated: July 19, 2021A Maine artist whose paintings and prints appear in prestigious collections discovered neon as a medium in recent years. A second Portland studio, renovated from a century-old florist shop and greenhouse, offers space to display the light sculptures.
Updated: July 19, 2021
Ashland markets newly purchased 94-acre parcel for commercial, industrial use
July 15, 2021The town sees the parcel of land as a potential industrial park, and is already conducting site tours with prospective investors.
July 15, 2021
Maine tightens up proposed offshore wind farm area, but fishermen still don’t like it
July 14, 2021The state collected input on fishing activity, marine wildlife and navigation off southern Maine to refine the potential site for the research array. “I’m concerned with this narrowed focus on an already heavily fished area,” said one fishing
July 14, 2021
Maine will settle with Purdue Pharma, Sacklers for $20M, but is that enough?
Updated: July 14, 2021The settlement by Maine and 14 other states with the manufacturer of prescription opioid OxyContin would divvy up billions of dollars. But Maine has paid an especially high price as a result of the opioid epidemic.
Updated: July 14, 2021
180 workers at Puritan Medical on furlough as COVID-19 test demand declines
July 9, 2021Furloughs were due to expire July 12, but the test-swab manufacturer has extended them another three weeks. Like Abbott Labs, another company manufacturing COVID diagnostics in Maine, Puritan has been responding to change in testing needs.
July 9, 2021-
Three Rockland waterfront properties packaged as single listing
July 9, 2021With 8.77 waterfront acres and downtown proximity, the package is viewed as a development opportunity in keeping with Rockland’s growth as a destination. But it also raises the issue of a potential loss of the working waterfront.
July 9, 2021 
Abbott Labs will lay off more than 300 workers in southern Maine
July 8, 2021The maker of COVID-19 diagnostic tests, which ramped up its Maine presence last year in response to the pandemic, says declining demand for the tests has made the cuts necessary.
July 8, 2021
Gorham microwave firm unveils North Carolina acquisition
Updated: July 8, 2021Microwave Techniques LLC has acquired all the assets and intellectual property of Raleigh, N.C.-based Industrial Microwave Systems LLC for an undisclosed amount.
Updated: July 8, 2021Rockland chocolate entrepreneur wins 'Greenlight Maine' Season 6
July 2, 2021Kate McAleer, owner and founder of Bixby & Co., told Mainebiz she plans to use the $25,000 prize money for manufacturing equipment to expand capacity.
July 2, 2021
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