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Government & Politics

  • 50K square feet up for auction in Portland’s Old Port

    September 23, 2013

    A cluster of six mixed-use properties in Portland’s Old Port will be put up for auction through online bidding today.

    September 23, 2013

  • AP: Records show LePage pondered blocking Statoil outright

    September 23, 2013

    Top officials in Gov.

    September 23, 2013

  • Unemployment rises slightly in August

    September 23, 2013

    Maine’s unemployment rate rose slightly from July to August but the number of out-of-work job seekers remains lower than one year ago.

    September 23, 2013

  • Maine ranks 9th for pay equality

    September 23, 2013

    The American Association of University Women ranked Maine ninth nationally in a list of states with the smallest gap between wages for men and women.

    September 23, 2013

  • Maine home sales up 20% in August

    September 20, 2013

    The sales volume for single-family homes jumped 20% in August compared with the same period one year ago.

    September 20, 2013

  • Community colleges land $13M IT grant

    September 19, 2013

    A consortium aimed at boosting the number of information technology workers in the state will get $13 million in federal funds to expand degree and certificate programs at the state’s seven community colleges.

    September 19, 2013

  • Census shows slow household income growth

    September 19, 2013

    Maine’s household income growth rose a negligible amount from 2008 to 2012 as the proportion of the state’s 1.3 million people living in poverty continued to rise.

    September 19, 2013

  • SMRT gets New Hampshire prison contract

    September 19, 2013

    The Portland-based firm SMRT Inc. has won a $2.4 million contract with the state of New Hampshire to design a women’s prison there.

    September 19, 2013

  • Cutler releases book criticizing partisan politics

    September 19, 2013

    Likely independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler released a book Wednesday attacking the Democratic and Republican parties for political standoffs he writes have undercut Maine’s economic prosperity.

    September 19, 2013

  • DOL: Impersonator uses state job bank for fraud

    September 18, 2013

    State officials said a person advertising for laborers on the Maine Job Bank and through websites in other states has been bilking funds through a scam targeting job seekers.

    September 18, 2013

  • State gambling revenue up with Oxford contribution

    September 18, 2013

    Revenue from the state’s two casinos has risen for the first half of the fiscal year and the first month-to-month comparisons of revenue at Oxford Casino show strong increases there.

    September 18, 2013

  • UMaine, PUC asked to release offshore wind proposal

    September 18, 2013

    Two environmental groups, the Portland Press Herald and Norwegian energy company Statoil are asking state regulators and the University of Maine to provide all or part of a 100-page university-led consortium’s proposal

    September 18, 2013

  • MM&A seeks creditor help for legal fees

    September 17, 2013

    The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway has filed a motion to subtract $5 million from what it owes the Federal Railroad Administration in order to help pay legal fees for its bankruptcy proceedings.

    September 17, 2013

  • LePage lifts ban limiting affordable housing bonds

    September 17, 2013

    Gov. Paul LePage has lifted a ban that has for the past two years prohibited the Maine State Housing Authority from issuing certain bonds to support construction of affordable housing units.

    September 17, 2013

  • Japanese delegates visit Maine for tidal power insight

    September 17, 2013

    Delegates from Japan are visiting the University of Maine this week to learn more about tidal power, which they hope will provide 30% of their island country’s power by 2030.

    September 17, 2013

  • Portland OKs plaza sale to Rockbridge

    September 17, 2013

    After an arrest, protests and hours of debate, the Portland City Council approved selling two-thirds of a concrete downtown park for about a half-million dollars to Rockbridge Capital, which owns the former Eastland Park Hotel that overlooks

    September 17, 2013

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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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