“I started investing in real estate in my early 20s,” he says. “I’m a serial renovator.”
A house in Kennebunkport fell into his hands when its owner wanted to swap for a Massachusetts condo Harrington was renovating. The developer and his family started using the house and promptly fell in love with the coastal town, where he took on additional projects.
In 2005, he bought a run-down property called Cottages at Cabot Cove, not far from an assortment of marinas on Kennebunk River. In keeping with the creative flair that drives his endeavors, Harrington hired interior designers to individually decorate each cottage. The opening, a design showcase and fundraiser, drew 5,000 people in 10 days.
Central Maine business briefs: Hight Ford recognized, expands brand
People & Places: All Maine birthing hospitals Safe Sleep Certified.
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Hight Ford and Hight Family of Dealerships was awarded the 2020 Ford President’s Award and One Ford Elite Award for the second year in a row. To celebrate, they broke ground on a new building to expand its services. From left are Bryan Belliveau, Skowhegan code enforcement officer; Sam Hight, dealer principal at Hight Ford; Jeff Hewitt, Skowhegan director of economic & community development; Greg Dore, Skowhegan road commissioner; David Becknam, Skowhegan police chief; Christine Almond, Skowhegan town manager; and Corey Hight, dealer principal at Hight Chevrolet.
Making It Work: Now Hiring
Tune in on Tuesday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m. for the panel discussion on hiring in the hospitality industry.
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Making It Work is a live interactive series that brings together executives and entrepreneurs offering insight and advice to Maine’s business community.
Hospitality managers are seeing record-breaking bookings for this summer, but persistent workforce shortages have them worried. Industry veterans share long- and short-term strategies to find and keep workers, including tapping an underused state program to offset the impact of those $300 unemployment bonuses.
On the panel:
Tina Hewett-Gordon, general manager, Nonantum Resort, Kennebunkport
Tina Hewett Gordon is the General Manager at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport and has held that position for the past 29 years. She is an active member in the hospitality community serving on various local and state boards. She currently sits on the board of directors for Maine Tourism Associati
SANFORD, Maine – When it comes to the upcoming graduation of Sanford High’s Class of 2021, the goal is to have a commencement ceremony that is “as close to back to normal as we can get,” Principal Matthew Petermann said Tuesday.
That would mean a commencement at Alumni Stadium, this time on Wednesday, June 9, with graduating Spartans marching onto the field as their families and friends watch from the stands, with speeches given from the podium, diplomas handed out on stage, and the usual pomp and circumstance.
Even the starting time would be the same as previous years: 6 p.m.
“We want to give them something they can remember and walk away from and be proud of,” Petermann said.