Bremen

Agritourism is bringing fresh ideas and new people into one of Maine's oldest industries. For the public, the draws include overnight accommodations, guided hikes and themed events.

It's a good time of year for Mainebiz reporters and photographers to get out on the road.

Hearty Roots, a nonprofit that provides outdoor adventure and social-emotional programs for young people, has raised $500,000 toward a permanent campus, with a $250,00 initial match from the Peter Alfond Foundation.

This year’s grants from the Peter Alfond Foundation include multiyear commitments to three anchor partners that will provide assistance to 25 other organizations through a peer learning arrangement.

Can the Maine midcoast be to oysters what California's Napa Valley is to wine? Oysters have long been harvested along the Damariscotta River, and the industry is spreading. Maine produced 10 million oysters last year.

Community Shellfish has opened a Connecticut warehouse to reach customers in affluent markets directly, rather than relying on middlemen distributors.

Argyle, Bremen and Hudson are among seven communities targeted by a new round of infrastructure and planning grants.

The new owner of the Bremen Lobster Pound Co-op is reintroducing aquaculture to the co-op's traditional function of being a base of operations for local lobstermen and commercial fishermen.

LCI, a division of Lincolnville Telephone Family of Companies, said its new O.P.E.N. fiber optic network is now available to many homes and business in some Midcoast communities.

Maine's Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday that it has issued $800,000 for 15 projects in the first round of dispensing $5.4 million in funds earmarked for vital improvement projects by the November 2014 “Clean Water for Maine” bond.