PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 5, 2021
When Gov. Janet Mills announced on Friday that she was rolling back state restrictions on travel and increasing indoor capacity limits, Tina Hewett-Gordon felt like she had been given a Christmas gift in March. General manager of Kennebunkport’s Nonantum Resort for 29 years, Hewett-Gordon said, “2020 was such a challenge for the entire hospitality industry,” she said. “This news just really gives us hope that this season is going to shape up in the way we hoped.…We are elated, excited, nervous, scared – all of the above.” Her optimism – and simultaneous trepidation – was echoed across Maine’s business community.