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Feds award $2.5M to BigRock Mountain for new chairlift
August 18, 2022The existing lift is over 50 years old. The new lift will feature technology such as a touchscreen interface that eases system operations and maintenance.
New hotline will field calls for trash, needle and graffiti removal in downtown Portland
Updated: August 13, 2025In an ongoing effort to address vandalism and sanitation issues in and around the Congress Street corridor, Portland Downtown is implementing a 24-hour hotline for calling in cleaning and maintenance needs, utilizing staff from the new Downtown
Updated: August 13, 2025
Portland City Council approves retroactive moratorium on large music venues
August 12, 2025In a marathon City Council meeting on Monday, the council voted 6-3 in favor of a 180-day restriction on the development of performance venues with 2,000 seats or more.
August 12, 2025
Gear 'libraries' in Maine form network to boost outdoor recreation
August 11, 2025The concept of sharing outdoor gear is still pretty obscure still. Goals include increasing awareness and creating a case study for gear lending across the Northeast.
August 11, 2025
Skowhegan is a step closer to building Maine’s first whitewater park
August 8, 2025The project will include installation of adjustable wave-shaping technology that enhances whitewater features to provide consistent flow year-round.
August 8, 2025
Now showing at former Biddeford movie theater: pickleball and golf
Updated: August 6, 2025A long vacant Smitty’s movie theater at the former Five Points shopping plaza on Alfred Road in Biddeford has been repurposed as an indoor sports center with pickleball courts, golf simulator bays and a sports bar.
Updated: August 6, 2025-
3 Maine towns ranked among nation’s 10 priciest summer destinations
August 5, 2025CheapHotels' top 10 most expensive summer destinations included three spots in Maine and three in Massachusetts.
August 5, 2025
Buyer finds 'wow factor' in Wells inn converted from a former church
Updated: August 4, 2025The conversion in the 1980s kept the church's original hardwood floors, stained glass windows, chandeliers and vaulted ceilings.
Updated: August 4, 2025
$3M golf learning center is being teed up in Freeport
Updated: July 29, 2025The Alexa Re Rancourt Golf Learning Center, which is being built at the former Freeport Country Club, aims to make the game more accessible to Maine youth and families.
Updated: July 29, 2025
Dilapidated Rockport hotel is renovated and reopened in 60 days
Updated: July 28, 2025The renovation of a Rockport hotel, damaged by fire and in “significant disrepair,” was performed in 60 days, considered a quick turnaround.
Updated: July 28, 2025
On the Record: Central Maine entrepreneur offers travel planning with a mystery twist
Updated: July 28, 2025The founder of Maine Mystery Trip has turned his love of puzzles and mystery into a business that creates unique and fun experiences for travelers.
Updated: July 28, 2025
20-lot subdivision proposed at Saddleback
Updated: July 23, 2025Each lot would be a half acre, most "ski in, ski out" on an existing or a relocated trail. Buyers would bring in their own architect and builder.
Updated: July 23, 2025
Sprawling Scarborough event venue listed for $2.85M
Updated: July 23, 2025A rare commercial property has come on the market in Scarborough — an 11,799-square-foot event venue poised on 3.2 acres overlooking the city’s marshlands, near Pine Point Beach.
Updated: July 23, 2025
Plans to develop a hotel in Portland's Fidelity Trust building moving forward
July 22, 2025Jim Brady's Fathom Cos. hopes to have a new hotel opened in the historic Fidelity Trust building on Congress Street in Portland by summer of 2027.
July 22, 2025
Maine unemployment dips in June on muted hospitality hiring
July 20, 2025Unemployment also continues to undershoot the state’s 5.4% long-term average since 1976, when Gerald Ford was president and the film "All the President’s Men” was released in cinemas.
July 20, 2025
Sugarloaf beefs up warm weather offerings with mountain bike park
July 10, 2025In the week since it opened, Sugarloaf’s lift-serviced downhill mountain bike park already attracted hundreds of cyclists. More trails are under construction.
July 10, 2025
With new owner and a makeover, Kennebunkport's Breakwater Inn reopens
July 8, 2025A Kittery hospitality group eyed the hotel’s potential to become an integrated hospitality experience combining lodging, dining and events.
July 8, 2025
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