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Government & Politics

  • Staffing companies find unique challenges in ACA

    James McCarthy January 27, 2014

    Uncertainty is a fact of life for staffing companies, says Annette Lefebvre, executive vice president and controller of Bonney Staffing Center.

    James McCarthy January 27, 2014

  • Shareholders approve sale of Oxford Networks

    January 24, 2014

    Shareholders of the Lewiston-based Oxford Networks have approved the company’s sale to the Montreal private equity firm Novacap as the company prepares to release details of an expansion at its Brunswick data center.

    January 24, 2014

  • Great Northern Paper halts production, retools

    January 24, 2014

    Great Northern Paper Co.

    January 24, 2014

  • Home sales up 11.5% in December

    January 24, 2014

    Single-family homes sales in Maine far outpaced a national drop in sales volume in December, growing 11.5% over the same month last year.

    January 24, 2014

  • MM&A deal for $15.9M heads for approval

    January 23, 2014

    A $15.9 million bid from Railroad Acquisitions LLC for the assets of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway will go before a bankruptcy judge today.

    January 23, 2014

  • Electricity rates to increase for small business

    January 23, 2014

    Residential and small business customers in the Central Maine Power Co. and Emera Maine service areas could see a more than 10% increase in their standard offer electricity prices.

    January 23, 2014

  • New England leaders craft regional power plan

    January 23, 2014

    The six New England governors are asking the region’s power grid operator to expand natural gas pipeline capacity by 20% in three years and to seek proposals for new electricity transmission lines connecting New England to southeastern Canad

    January 23, 2014

  • MTI completing study on cluster expertise in Maine

    January 22, 2014

    The Maine Technology Institute and Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, plan to release a study on business clusters in Maine at the end of February.

    January 22, 2014

  • Seafood company owner pleads guilty

    January 22, 2014

    The owner of an Eliot seafood company pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S.

    January 22, 2014

  • Canada launches branding campaign for its lobsters

    January 22, 2014

    The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, created by the Legislature last year to lead a new $2 million marketing effort for Maine's lobster industry, faces competition fr

    January 22, 2014

  • Bill seeks to boost solar energy in Maine

    January 22, 2014

    A bill sponsored by state Sen.

    January 22, 2014

  • N.Y. investment firm wins bid for MM&A assets

    January 22, 2014

    A subsidiary of the New York-based Fortress Investment Group has won a bid for the assets of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, according to the trade publication Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports.

    January 22, 2014

  • UMPI, UMFK use tuition to lure out-of-state students

    January 22, 2014

    The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the University of Maine at Presque Isle unveiled on Tuesday a new tuition rate for out-of-state and international students that represents a 40% price reduction in those markets, decreasing the yearly tuiti

    January 22, 2014

  • Maine governors campaign contributions for 2013

    January 21, 2014

    January 21, 2014

  • Winter weather causes firewood shortage and travel cancellations

    January 21, 2014

    Cold weather headed for Maine has put a strain on firewood supplies across the state and already led to cancellations of flights out of Portland and Bangor airports.

    January 21, 2014

  • Analyst: Medicaid study figures need clarification

    January 21, 2014

    A national health care analyst told Maine lawmakers that a state-commissioned study likely overstated the cost of expanding Medicaid by $575 million over 10 years, according to the

    January 21, 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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