BOOTHBAY — American Aquafarms’ two incomplete lease applications to raise 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually at two sites near Bald Ledge and Long Porcupine Island in Frenchman Bay have been terminated by both the Maine Department of Marine Resources and the Maine Department of Enivoronmental Protection. The DMR cited the Norwegian-backed company’s apparent …
After plans for a childcare facility in partnership with the Mount Desert Island and Down East Family YMCA were halted earlier this year, The Jackson Laboratory has proposed building a new childcare center on its campus in Bar Harbor.
Hospitality businesses had to pivot in 2020 when the pandemic hit and then the summer season really didn’t begin until July due to travel restrictions and other pandemic-related measures.
With most couples opting to postpone saying “I do” in 2020, many are now hosting intimate affairs through the week or going all out on the weekends.
Three name-brand hotels have been sold to a hotel management company with an expanding portfolio in New England.
On Tuesday, a small sign taped to the door of Meristem, the first adult-use marijuana store in Hancock County, announced, ‘We’re Open!’
A measure introduced by Rep. Lynne Williams (D-Bar Harbor) that gives Maine’s small medical marijuana growers and caregivers a greater say became law on July 1.
Those concerned about their favorite breakfast restaurant changing after the word ‘sold’ was added to the ‘for sale’ sign at 2 Cats recently need not worry.
ELLSWORTH — Former Ellsworth American General Manager Terry Carlisle will be inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame during the association’s virtual fall conference Oct. 24. The MPA’s Hall of Fame Committee selected Carlisle and the late Arthur Guesman as this year’s honorees. An Ellsworth native, Carlisle started working at The American in …
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