Business & Development

The management of Maine's inshore scallop fishery may change significantly this year, as the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is proposing a new rotational closure strategy along the coast to help rebuild the fishery.

The Eastport Port Authority has reached a tentative agreement with Timber Biofuel Venture for the company to ship wood chips through the Port of Eastport.

The ongoing saga of what company may ship wood chips through the Port of Eastport took more twists and turns at the 11th hour, as the port authority board seemed at first willing to dance with Great Northern Timber, based in Halifax, then dropped that partner in favor of a new suitor, Timber...

With seven years under her belt of providing a warm and inviting place to eat the kind of home-style food that makes for happy customers, Karen Scribner, owner of Karen's Main Street Diner in downtown Calais, is ready to expand her offerings to include a pub.

Sections of the first commercial tidal turbine in the U.S. are now being assembled in Eastport, with "water-breaking," instead of a ground-breaking, expected within about a week in the waters of Cobscook Bay.

The Passamaquoddy Tribe is pursuing a plan to tap into the maple syrup market, using 28,000 acres it owns around Jackman. Chief Clayton Cleaves of Pleasant Point says he had been hoping that 35,000 trees could be tapped this coming season...