The 200-seat restaurant being built on Portland Pier will be one of the area's largest eateries. Read more »
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Portland tech firm receives $2M grant from joint U.S.-Israeli foundation for clean energy project
The grant proposals were approved by both the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Minister of Energy. Read more »
Portland startup helps colleges reduce student ‘melt’ rates by using technology to combat isolation
Nearpeer, which was founded in 2017, claims its summer 2018 rollout at the University of Maine in Orono helped reduce melt by 16% and increase first-year tuition revenue by $500,000. Read more »
Alaska Village Partners with Maine Company to Submit Final Pilot License Application to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In 2014 and 2015, Igiugig and ORPC partnered on demonstration projects to verify engineering design, collect and analyze environmental data, and install, maintain and retrieve the RivGen System using locally-available personnel, vessels and equipment. Read more »
Ceramic filter maker Cerahelix opening manufacturing site in Bangor
usan MacKay, founder and CEO of Cerahelix Inc. in Orono, announced Friday that the maker of ceramic filters for a range of industries is scaling up and plans to open a manufacturing site at the Bangor Innovation Center. Read more »
Maine Business Turns Old Sails Into Totes … And Profits
“We’ve saved 600 tons from the landfill since we started.” Shissler said. Read more »
Leveraging niche market, Hodgdon splashes two tenders for European megayacht
Hodgdon Yachts' tender division this week launched a customized 31-foot 2-inch Venetian limousine tender for the owner of a megayacht being built in Germany. Read more »
Buxton company developing kelp-based additive for bread lands $600,000 grant
The second phase of financing will allow VitaminSea to develop a prototype and partner with bakeries to develop its own recipes, and conduct market testing. Read more »
Westbrook sewing school helps immigrants seamlessly enter workforce
School founder Dory Waxman is creating opportunities for newcomers to Maine while rebuilding a vital industry. Read more »
Group eyes Maine as launch site for satellites
Shehata says the project backers will likely know by next fall if the project is possible. Read more »