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  • Ellsworth development slower than expected

    January 15, 2016

    The city of Ellsworth has been working diligently to attract new businesses and work with existing businesses to expand their operations.

    January 15, 2016

  • New MDI group to address energy, economic sustainability

    January 15, 2016

    In an environment of ongoing energy and economic sustainability initiatives statewide, a new group called “A Climate to Thrive” has been established on Mount Desert Island to address environmental and economic sustainability, the Mount Desert

    January 15, 2016

  • Heating oil prices continue downward slide

    January 14, 2016

    The Governor's Energy Office said the downward trend for the cost of heating fuel prices continues as the statewide average cost of No. 2 heating oil has dropped to $1.81 per gallon, down an additional 2 cents over the last two weeks.

    January 14, 2016

  • Maine gas prices now lowest in six years

    January 14, 2016

    The price of gasoline in the state is continuing it's downward trend, with the average price of regular gas reaching $2.05, its lowest in six years.

    January 14, 2016

  • College cuts energy usage and costs

    January 13, 2016

    Unity College said an energy retrofit to one of its oldest buildings, the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts, will save it both money and energy usage.

    January 13, 2016

  • Summit Natural Gas to lay off 25% of Maine workers

    January 12, 2016

    Summit Natural Gas, which has struggled with faulty pipeline equipment and falling crude oil prices that lowered the cost of heating oil, propane and kerosene, said it would lay off 21 employees, about one-fourth of its workforce in Maine.

    January 12, 2016

  • Professional loggers sound alarm over biomass plant closings

    January 11, 2016

    The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine is calling on the LePage administration and legislative leaders to take action to sustain Maine's biomass electricity production in the wake of news that Covanta Energy plans to shut down its two Maine

    January 11, 2016

  • Looks like a better year, but chronic weaknesses need to be addressed

    Peter Van Allen January 11, 2016

    Every year, Mainebiz asks some of the state's leading economists to look to the coming year and offer their thoughts, worries and forecasts. We may be out of the recession, but there is plenty of uncertainty out there. Our experts weighed in with

    Peter Van Allen January 11, 2016

  • Two Maine companies team up to convert food waste into clean energy

    James McCarthy January 11, 2016

    For several years now, Adam Wintle and Dan Bell have been pitching the concept that burying food garbage in landfills is a huge waste of a renewable energy source with numerous environmental benefits. That message wasn't exactly embraced, they say,

    James McCarthy January 11, 2016

  • NRCM says energy bill would cost businesses $100M

    January 8, 2016

    The Natural Resources Council of Maine is opposing a bill before the Legislature that it said would effectively raise energy costs for businesses by $100 million and gut efficiency efforts.

    January 8, 2016

  • Commercial wind farm opponents seek to opt out of speedy reviews

    January 4, 2016

    Opponents of commercial wind farms are gathering signatures to remove their townships and plantations from the vast areas of Maine where proposals receive speedier reviews.

    January 4, 2016

  • Maine heating oil prices continue 'unprecedented fall'

    Paul Koenig December 30, 2015

    Heating oil prices in Maine continue to tumble, dropping to $1.83 in the latest heating fuel survey, as the price of crude oil reached its lowest point of the year.

    Paul Koenig December 30, 2015

  • Maine PUC rejects rate increase settlement with Maine Natural Gas

    December 24, 2015

    Utilities regulators have rejected a settlement with Maine Natural Gas Corp. that would have allowed the gas supplier to raise rates in Augusta and Brunswick to recoup the costs of its gas pipeline expansion into the Kennebec Valley.

    December 24, 2015

  • Bristol looking for ways to oppose UMaine offshore wind project in wake of new funding

    December 24, 2015

    The news last month that a University of Maine-led offshore wind power project is receiving additional federal grant funding has prompting the town of Bristol to restart efforts to oppose the plan.

    December 24, 2015

  • Natural gas expansion in Lincoln delayed due to mill closure, lower heating oil prices

    December 24, 2015

    Bangor Natural Gas' planned expansion in Lincoln will be delayed until at least 2017 because of the shutdown of a paper mill in town and lower heating oil prices that make natural gas conversions less appealing.

    December 24, 2015

  • Gov. Paul LePage nominates cabinet-level positions

    December 23, 2015

    Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday several cabinet-level nominations, including commissioners for the departments of Education and Environmental Protection and adjutant general.

    December 23, 2015

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Today's Poll

Does cruise ship season help your business?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy.

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