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Business & Development

2014

Tribe rolling dice again for Calais gaming

Having been turned down for over 20 years, the Passamaquoddy Tribe once again is rolling the dice for a gaming facility, this time for slot machines and high-stakes beano in Calais. The tribe's latest effort is only one among several gaming proposals that the legislature is now considering.

2013

Seafood processing company plans to open Eastport facility

If all goes as planned, the former Wass factory building located at 11 Madison Street near Eastport's downtown will be up and running sometime this summer as a seafood processing facility that is expected in time to employ 15 people.

2013

Canaport weighs LNG exports

The only liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal that has been built in the Bay of Fundy is continuing to explore how the facility can remain viable, following the rapid growth in the amount of natural gas being extracted from shale rock in the northeastern U.S.

2013

Baileyville CNG facility grows

The market for natural gas is continuing to grow in Maine and the Maritimes, with paper mills, large businesses and homes in municipalities that are hooked into gas lines all among those who have converted from oil to gas.

2013

Wood chip exports, imports at Eastport could start in June

Wood chips may be shipped through the port of Eastport for the first time as early as June, as a new contract is being eyed that would include both the exporting and importing of wood biomass.

2013

Coast of Maine products tap into growing compost demand

To the home gardener interested in sustainable and organic garden care, national marketing trends and sales figures in the garden and lawn care industry might not be quite as compelling as a bucket of dark crumbly compost with a rich earthy smell.

2013

Future of Canaport, Downeast LNG in question

What a difference a few years can make. Five years ago, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) debate was raging Downeast, as three proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay were moving forward, along with the Canaport LNG development in Saint John.