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Government & Politics

  • Nova Scotia puts up $2M to help ferry company

    February 27, 2014

    Nova Scotia’s provincial government will give a Maine-based ferry operator $2 million to help the company meet the U.S.

    February 27, 2014

  • New England fishery to get $32.8M in aid

    February 27, 2014

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to award $32.8 million in federal disaster relief funds to help fishermen in the Northeast hit by dwindling stocks of groundfish species last year.

    February 27, 2014

  • Maine poised for strong single-family home sale prices

    February 26, 2014

    Maine is among the five states expected to see the highest increase in median home prices over the next five years, according to a study released Wednesday.

    February 26, 2014

  • Medicaid expansion proposal could reshape House debate

    February 26, 2014

    Two Republican lawmakers laid out a bill Tuesday that would have Maine expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act, at the same time implementing other changes to the program.

    February 26, 2014

  • Maine SJC asks legislators to fund e-filing system

    February 26, 2014

    The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court called on lawmakers Tuesday to support a bill that would allow the issuance of up to $15 million in bonds to buy an electronic case filing system for public online access to information that no

    February 26, 2014

  • Maine bureau starts fraud monitoring service

    February 26, 2014

    The Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions is introducing an Online Corporate Fraud Monitoring service, the second state agency in the nation to do so.

    February 26, 2014

  • LePage allows $40M in aid to cities, towns

    February 26, 2014

    A bill that will prevent $40 million in state aid cuts for Maine’s cities and towns next year passed into law after Gov. Paul LePage took no action on it yesterday.

    February 26, 2014

  • Northern Penobscot Tech launching natural-gas course

    February 25, 2014

    Northern Penobscot Tech, a vocational school in Lincoln, plans to launch an adult-education course to train natural gas pipeline technicians in April, partly as an effort to provide work opportunities for recently laid-off mill workers.

    February 25, 2014

  • Nonprofits project lower donations after tax change

    February 25, 2014

    The Maine Association of Nonprofits estimates that a cap on tax deductions to nonprofits passed last year will reduce overall donations by up to $30 million.

    February 25, 2014

  • MDOT spends $10M above average for snow clearing

    February 24, 2014

    The Maine Department of Transportation has already spent $10 million more than average to keep the roads clear, with five more weeks remaining for what the department considers its winter season.

    February 24, 2014

  • State revenue forecast in line with year ago

    February 24, 2014

    The state’s Revenue Forecasting Committee projects that state revenue will be roughly in line with last year’s  projection, dampening hopes of some lawmakers who expected rising revenue would help fill a looming budget gap.

    February 24, 2014

  • Panel to subpoena CDC officials

    February 24, 2014

    A legislative panel has voted to subpoena officials from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate allegations that CDC leaders asked employees to shred documents justifying around $4.7 million in grant awards.

    February 24, 2014

  • Pine State Trading also gets liquor marketing deal

    February 24, 2014

    Pine State Trading Co. has beat out two other bidders on a marketing contract for Maine’s wholesale liquor distribution operation.

    February 24, 2014

  • Portland's waterfront gets renewed interest

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014

    From east to west and everything in between, Portland's waterfront is changing.

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014

  • Battle over CMP's rate proposal pits profits against renewable advocates

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014

    Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, has spent the better part of three years pitching Brunswick Landing as the epicenter of an emerging clean energy market in Maine and is nearly ready to seal a dea

    James McCarthy February 24, 2014

  • Crowdfunding, revenue sharing and farm bill reactions

    Darren Fishell February 24, 2014

    While debate over expanding Medicaid in Maine continues to simmer, lawmakers have started sending bills to Gov.

    Darren Fishell February 24, 2014

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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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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