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Government & Politics

  • State's corporate tax take down $60M

    August 8, 2013

    August 8, 2013

  • Railroad files for bankruptcy in wake of Quebec disaster

    August 8, 2013

    The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway has filed for protection from creditors in Maine and Canada, just 33 days after one of its oil trains careened unattended through the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic and derailed, killing 47 people.

    August 8, 2013

  • Commission at work on elver fishery regulations

    August 8, 2013

    August 8, 2013

  • Navy cans plan to repair nuclear sub burned in Kittery

    August 7, 2013

    The U.S. Navy has nixed plans to repair a nuclear submarine damaged by arson at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, citing repair costs that exceeded estimates and federal budget cuts.

    August 7, 2013

  • WEX tables plans for expanding headquarters

    August 7, 2013

    WEX Inc., the South Portland-based international provider of corporate payment services, has put plans for a new headquarters on hold.

    August 7, 2013

  • DEP denies Bowers Mtn. wind project

    August 6, 2013

    The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has denied a permit to Champlain Wind LLC, a First Wind subsidiary, for a 16-turbine wind power project at Bowers Mountain in Carroll Plantation.

    August 6, 2013

  • Housing agencies ask landlords to cut low-income rent

    August 6, 2013

    Facing federal funding cuts, some local housing agencies are asking landlords to lower their rent for low-income Section 8 tenants, many of whom are seeing the value of housing vouchers reduced this year.

    August 6, 2013

  • State issues ACA insurance exchange comparisons

    August 6, 2013

    The state’s Bureau of Insurance has released a side-by-side comparison of two plans it wants to allow on a state

    August 6, 2013

  • Mass. co. gets $9.2M Portland Harbor dredging deal

    August 5, 2013

    The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.2 million contract to the Massachusetts-based Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co. to dredge Portland Harbor.

    August 5, 2013

  • Layoffs hit rail towns in wake of tragedy

    August 5, 2013

    The towns of Brownville and Milo are the hardest hit by layoffs at the Hermon-based Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, as the towns hold a junction and a repair yard that are both critical to the rail line’s operation.  

    August 5, 2013

  • BIW eyeing tax break for new shipyard building

    August 5, 2013

    Bath Iron Works has plans for a new outfitting building it says will help the General Dynamics subsidiary reduce building costs and stay competitive for Navy contracts.

    August 5, 2013

  • State ends fiscal year in the black

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

    With the Legislature in summer adjournment, Gov. Paul LePage could bask in the sunny news of the state ending its fiscal year with a revenue surplus, but a recent poll places storm clouds on the horizon of his 2014 reelection bid.

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

  • Maine Quality Centers broadens its business training mission

    Carol Coultas August 5, 2013

    Scott Colton realized the recent arrival of compressed natural gas in northern Maine presented plenty of opportunities for his employer, K-Pel Industries, a Fort Fairfield-based welding, fabrication and machine shop.

    Carol Coultas August 5, 2013

  • Women to watch: Dr. Barbara Slager and Beverly Neugebauer, Coastal Women's Healthcare

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

    Fifteen-minute office visits. Doctors as paid employees of large hospitals and health plans, their services marketed as commodities. Medical decisions challenged by non-physicians seeking to cut costs.

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

  • Tyler Technologies builds work force through internships

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

    In 2010, as an undergraduate student at the University of Maine in Orono, Sheraz Najum was torn between two career paths: electrical engineering or computer engineering.

    James McCarthy August 5, 2013

  • Churchill Downs to put $3.2M into Oxford Casino

    August 2, 2013

    Churchill Downs Inc., the new owner of the Oxford Casino, said it plans to invest nearly $3.2 million to expand the casino’s gaming floor.

    August 2, 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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