LEWISTON — For Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque, it’s a “validation of our past efforts” that the Twin Cities will host the Maine Tourism Association’s annual meeting Friday. The Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston will host the association’s 97th annual meeting on May 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local officials say it represents results […]
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Again this year, Maine’s seasonal businesses laboring to find workers
Maine’s hospitality industry is facing another summer labor shortage, made worse by new uncertainty in a foreign worker program used extensively in the state. Last year, some resorts and hotels had to cut back hours, shut blocks of rooms and close earlier than they preferred because not enough H-2B visas were available to make up […]
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Good weather, low gas prices mean busy Maine Turnpike
LEWISTON — Officials at the Maine Turnpike Authority say they are gearing up for at least a 3.1 percent increase in traffic this Labor Day compared to last year. Turnpike spokeswoman Erin Courtney said MTA officials expect more than one million vehicles to use the turnpike Sept. 3-7. It continues an overall trend on the Maine […]
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West Gardiner man pleads guilty to embezzling
AUGUSTA (AP) — A former employee at an organization that promotes tourism in Maine has pleaded guilty to embezzling $116,000 from the group and using the money for personal expenses. Ronald Brann of West Gardiner pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to stealing from the Maine Tourism Association. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old Brann […]
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T. Bulger: Misrepresenting Maine
Maine’s tourism income is the goose that lays the golden egg. The return on investment is very good and much of the income is in the form of dollars from out of state. Seeing Maine as a vacation destination (Sept. 29) is dependent upon the stereotype of a serene environment with laid-back, sensible people. When […]