Business & Development

Deer Island residents have been getting some additional work as a result of a new approach to salmon farming that Cooke Aquaculture has been helping to pioneer.

A year ago, Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds was featured by HP Hood on promotional brochures for the Stonyfield Farm organic yogurt and milk brand. One year later, "and we're the ones getting the pink slip," says Aaron Bell, who runs the dairy farm with his wife Carly DelSignore.

The fact that the modern world exists in a global economy was underscored last week when the Domtar Corporation, Washington County's largest employer, announced the shutdown for an "undetermined period" of its Woodland mill, beginning May 5. With about 63% of the pulpwood produced at the

A Massachusetts company hired by Quoddy Bay LNG LLC to perform engineering work on its proposed natural gas pipeline is suing the Oklahoma-based company and its two principals, Donald Smith and Brian Smith, for failure to pay outstanding bills.

Nearly 20 years ago, the raising of halibut was being touted as the promising wave of the future for the aquaculture industry in this area, and while some researchers are still optimistic about the industry's outlook, the growth of halibut farming has taken longer than expected.

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is applying for approximately $3.5 million from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) to help build a renewable energy center at the BASF property on Broad Cove in Eastport.