Bristol

Maine’s First Ship is at “a pivotal transitional place” as it creates programming for the reconstruction of the 1607 sailing ship Virginia, said the nonprofit’s new director.

The longtime wilderness instructor and nonprofit leader said his belief in the power of hands-on, community-based learning syncs with the mission of the Carpenter's Boat Shop in Pemaquid.

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.

A group of businesses cites the state’s limit on social gathering size for the loss of the first two-thirds of the 2020 wedding season and $600 million in revenue.

The King Ro Market in Round Pond dates back to 1874, serving customers through the eras of shipbuilding, granite-quarrying and coastal schooners right up to today.

The Maine Community Foundation has announced another round of grants to nonprofits in Maine, this time to 16 groups in the southern Midcoast region.

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.

Southern Maine seafood processor and distributor Bristol Seafood and its partners donated $10,000 to the University of New England's Center for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.

The news last month that a University of Maine-led offshore wind power project is receiving additional federal grant funding has prompting the town of Bristol to restart efforts to oppose the plan.

Voters in the town of Bristol will consider at an Oct. 1 special town meeting whether to...