Business & Development

Lobster fishermen in New Brunswick continue to reap the benefits of strong catches and a good price, following the opening of the season on November 8. They also note that the lobsters have been of higher quality this year.

Millennium Marine USA and the boatbuilding company's owner, Cory Guimond, are proceeding with a lawsuit against the City of Eastport concerning its leasing of the city-owned former Guilford mill building, according to the company's attorney, Joseph Baldacci of Bangor.

Farmed salmon production in Maine, which dropped off after the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) outbreaks more than 15 years ago but has slowly grown back, could double if Cooke Aquaculture is successful in using an environmentally friendly process to remove sea lice from the fish.

Two years after first breaking ground, St. Croix Tissue held a formal grand opening ceremony on August 31 in Baileyville, just outside the facility that now hosts two state-of-the-art automated tissue machines.

Ocean Renewable Power Company and its subsidiary, OPRC Solutions LLC, will be returning to Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays starting in the fall. With the news that ORPC has been awarded $5.3 million in Department of Energy funds towards a $10 million project...

Plans for a Dollar General store to be constructed in Pembroke are moving forward after the planning board approved a building permit for the store, which will be located on Route 1.