Icelandic shipping company Eimskip is adding a second weekly stop in Portland, as container vessel traffic to and from Maine continues to increase.
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LePage’s final year included 39 days in Florida and a $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
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Norway cycling team to compete in 800-plus mile bike race in Iceland
NORWAY — During the last week of June, 10 people, many of them from the Oxford Hills, will depart for Iceland to participate in an 800-plus mile road race. Jesse Wall, owner of TruStrength Athletics in Norway, said he and nine members of TruStrength Athletics will travel to Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Wow Cyclothon, an 842-mile, […]
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Sen. Angus King heads to Iceland for Arctic Circle meeting
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will head to Iceland later this week to participate in the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly, King’s office announced Monday. The Assembly, which runs through next weekend, brings together hundreds of organizations from across the globe and is designed to increase participation in a dialogue about and strengthen the […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Bigfoot, ghosts, a lake monster — 2014 had plenty of weird
On the strange scale, Maine rarely disappoints. As 2014 winds down, we revisit Weird, Wicked Weirds for the latest developments, including a new hunt for a popular medium who may have been buried alive here in 1882. A possible government-sponsored quest for a lake monster in Iceland. And more searching for things that go bump […]
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Cianbro looking for business overseas in Iceland, Greenland
PORTLAND (AP) — The head of Maine’s largest construction company is traveling to Iceland and Greenland in search of business opportunities. President and CEO of Cianbro Corp., Peter Vigue, leaves Monday on the week-long trip during which he will visit with political and businesses officials in both countries in the hopes of brokering business deals […]
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Maine exports to Iceland worth $1.95 million
Learn About Tableau PORTLAND — In April, the value of Maine exports to Iceland exceeded the total for 2013, putting exports to the island nation on pace to at least double this year. The figures highlight potential that the 16 Maine companies and educational institutions taking part in a trade mission in Iceland and the […]
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LePage plans summer trade mission to Iceland, United Kingdom
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to Iceland and the United Kingdom this summer to explore opportunities for Maine businesses to increase exports to those countries, according to a news release from the Maine International Trade Center. The trade mission, scheduled for June 8-13, was born of the arrival in Maine […]