Lark Hotels is undertaking a full redesign of the historic West End hotel, and has also purchased 3 historic inns in Kennebunkport.
maine businesses
Skowhegan’s Maine Grains takes home two awards at San Francisco food competition
Six Maine food producers have won national awards for their beer, coffee, confections, and other products.
UMaine teams up with Dutch aquaculture firm to stock a land-based farm
The university and Kingfish Zeeland sign a collaborative agreement related to a planned $110 million fish farm in Jonesport.
Booming real estate market challenges businesses, home buyers
Southern Maine’s real estate market keeps up a multi-year rise, sidelining buyers seeking modestly priced homes and businesses desperate for industrial space.
State grants approval for Mayo Regional, Northern Light integration
The Certificate of Need approval is a key step in the two organizations’ integration plans.
CMP spends $2.2 million on campaign to boost support for transmission corridor
Central Maine Power Co. spent money in the fall on television and social media ads, political consultants, polling and opposition research, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday.
New Mexican-Salvadoran restaurant coming soon to Congress Street
Dos Naciones will open in the space formerly occupied by Local Sprouts.
Groups to double Maine scholarship funding for trades, manufacturing
Nearly $100,000 will be provided for scholarships to Maine high schools and employers in skilled trades and the manufacturing sector.
Covetrus to sell off animal health business, merge another with Spanish firm
Selling a division for $125 million will help the Portland-based company pay down debt, while the merger with Distrivet of Spain will expand its Iberian operations.
China trade deal could help Maine lobster industry
The deal requires China to spend $32 billion over next 2 years on U.S. agricultural goods, which could include lobster.