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ROCKLAND — Fifty-two waterfront businesses have received Business Resilience Storm Response Grants totaling $250,000, in the wake of the back-to-back January storms, Island Institute announced March 21.

Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced today that it has completed Business Resilience Storm Response Grants, totaling $250,000, delivered to 52 waterfront businesses in the wake...

FW Thurston Co. applies to increase floats and shore access TREMONT — After several years of negotiating with the town regarding the position of floats, the owners of FW Thurston Co. are submitting two applications for Tier 3 Natural Resources Protection Act permits with the Department of Environmental Protection to add 14 floats in total to their operation in Bernard.   FW Thurston buys and sells lobsters and operates Thurston’s Lobster Pound on the western shore of Bass Harbor, next...