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Government & Politics

  • State, tribe deal on elver licenses falls apart

    February 13, 2014

    The Maine Attorney General’s Office has quashed hopes for a tentative agreement between state regulators and Maine’s Native American tribes over issuance of fishing licenses for the lucrative baby eels called elvers, according to the

    February 13, 2014

  • Police: Car dealer illegally bought inspection stickers

    February 13, 2014

    State police investigators say the Bangor-based used car dealership My Maine Ride illegally purchased vehicle inspection stickers and placed them on defective cars it then sold.

    February 13, 2014

  • More than 20K sign up for ACA coverage

    February 13, 2014

    More than 20,000 Mainers signed up for health insurance plans through the federal website set up by the Affordable Care Act through Feb.

    February 13, 2014

  • CDC’s private attorneys ask to suspend probe

    February 12, 2014

    Officials with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention have hired private attorneys who are asking state officials to suspend an investigation into the destruction of public documents at the agency.

    February 12, 2014

  • Bill to keep revenue sharing gets initial OK

    February 12, 2014

    A bill to prevent $40 million in cuts to state revenue sharing with municipalities has cleared the Maine Senate in a 33-2 vote, after receiving initial approval in a 114-21 vote in the House last week.

    February 12, 2014

  • State approves Maine Med's $40M expansion

    February 12, 2014

    A $40 million expansion at Maine Medical Center will move ahead after state regulators on Tuesday approved the plan to add five new operating rooms and create a special cardiac operating room at the Portland hospital.

    February 12, 2014

  • Spectra wants to reverse N.S.-Boston pipeline

    February 12, 2014

    The primary owner of the Maritimes & Northeast natural gas pipeline wants to reverse the direction of its Nova Scotia-to-Boston pipeline, sending gas north from the massive shale deposits producing natural gas in Pennsylvania and New Yor

    February 12, 2014

  • EPA releases list of top sources of toxic chemicals

    February 11, 2014

    Pulp and paper companies made up nine of 10 of the state’s top sources of toxic chemicals and Maine was responsible for nearly 60% of toxic chemicals released by industrial facilities in New England, according to a report issued Monday by th

    February 11, 2014

  • Maine Supreme Court to hear HoltraChem cleanup case

    February 11, 2014

    The Maine Supreme Judicial Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments today in a legal battle over cleanup at the riverside site of the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. in Orrington, one of the most contaminated sites in Maine history.

    February 11, 2014

  • Banks, credit unions target elder financial abuse

    February 11, 2014

    Employees at banks and credit unions around the state will get special training to better identify signs of elder financial abuse through a program launched in collaboration with state officials and a legal service nonprofit.

    February 11, 2014

  • Farm bill gets mixed reviews in Maine

    February 10, 2014

    The $956 billion farm bill signed by President Obama Friday could potentially benefit the growth of organic farming and community-supported agriculture in Maine, but also might reduce food stamp benefits for up to 10,000 households.

    February 10, 2014

  • SBA opens low-interest disaster loans to Maine

    February 10, 2014

    The U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting applications for low-interest disaster recovery loans from small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and nonprofits in 15 Maine counties.

    February 10, 2014

  • Pot trade group visits beleaguered mill town

    February 10, 2014

    A trade group representing medical marijuana growers reached out last week to an estimated 70 potential newcomers to the industry in the town of Lincoln, where a paper mill laid off 200 workers

    February 10, 2014

  • LePage nominates seven for judicial bench posts

    February 10, 2014

    Gov. Paul LePage has nominated two Maine District Court judges to join the state’s Superior Court bench and put up five names for appointment to District Court judgeships.

    February 10, 2014

  • Dentists and franchisees lobby hard in Augusta

    Darren Fishell February 10, 2014

    A group of dentists and franchisees walk into the State House….

    Darren Fishell February 10, 2014

  • Great Northern Paper Co. lays off 212

    February 7, 2014

    Great Northern Paper Co. has laid off more than 80% of its 256-person work force as the company works on a plan to restructure the business that it says was hit hard by rising energy and production costs and declining prices for its paper.

    February 7, 2014

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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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