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  • Maine syrup makers brace for widespread variability

    Craig Idlebrook March 18, 2013

    While most Mainers enjoy the kickoff of the state's maple season in late February or early March, Eric Ellis's syrup season kicked off in late January, with his workers beginning to drill holes and lay lines for the trees in Big Six Township, nort

    Craig Idlebrook March 18, 2013

  • Boothbay electricity project aims to change the grid

    Darren Fishell March 18, 2013

    The hottest hours of the hottest days on the sprawling fingers of the Boothbay peninsula come close to critically straining the area's electricity transmission lines.

    Darren Fishell March 18, 2013

  • Charlie Miller reflects on his time leading Bernstein Shur

    Matt Dodge March 18, 2013

    Charlie Miller's journey to the corner office was not typical. After graduating from Colby College in 1969, Miller spent seven years as a school teacher, guidance counselor and debate coach at Lawrence High School in Fairfield.

    Matt Dodge March 18, 2013

  • MEMIC holds off on rate increase

    March 15, 2013

    Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co., or MEMIC, announced Thursday it won't increase its workers' compensation insurance rates despite

    March 15, 2013

  • Work force panel unveils 'skills gap' plan

    March 15, 2013

    The legislative committee that has tasked itself with closing the skills gap in Maine's work force has developed proposals for $11 million in job training incentives it says could help.

    March 15, 2013

  • Somerset Development Corp. endorses east-west highway

    March 15, 2013

    The Somerset County Economic Development Corp. has voiced its support for a proposal from Cianbro Corp. to build a privately financed east-west toll highway in northern Maine.

    March 15, 2013

  • State plan targets rising threat, cost of Alzheimer's

    March 15, 2013

    Public health and political officials are mounting a campaign for a statewide plan to address the rising threat of degenerative mental illne

    March 15, 2013

  • Maine population continues to stagnate

    March 15, 2013

    Maine's population remains stagnant, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

    March 15, 2013

  • ME gets $10.5M to fund homeless programs

    March 14, 2013

    Maine will get over $10.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support 42 homeless housing-service programs around the state.

    March 14, 2013

  • Manufacturers, towns blast LePage budget

    March 14, 2013

    Two parts of Gov. Paul LePage's proposed $6.3 billion budget drew ire from manufacturers and municipal officials during the first hearings on the spending plan Wednesday.

    March 14, 2013

  • Bill would allow out-of-state pharma shipments

    March 14, 2013

    Legislators are considering a bill to reopen the door to international mail-order pharmaceutical providers who were prohibited from selling in Maine after

    March 14, 2013

  • MECEP: Medicaid expansion has jobs benefit

    March 13, 2013

    A new study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy says accepting federal dollars to expand Medicaid to uninsured M

    March 13, 2013

  • USM to trim $5M, staff cuts possible

    March 13, 2013

    The University of Southern Maine expects to cut $5 million from its budget for the coming year, a total that could include staff cuts.

    March 13, 2013

  • State approves 3.9% workers' comp insurance increase

    March 13, 2013

    The Maine Bureau of Insurance has approved a 3.9% rate increase for workers' compensation insurance, the largest increase approved in recent years.

    March 13, 2013

  • Fast-paced tri-town gas plan takes shape

    March 13, 2013

    Cumberland, Falmouth and Yarmouth officials continued to craft the outline for a plan that would bring natural gas service to 90% of commercial customers within three years and 80% of residential customers within four years.

    March 13, 2013

  • Maine gets $100K in Google Street View settlement

    March 13, 2013

    Maine will receive over $100,000 as part of a $7 million national settlement with Internet giant Google over information the company's Street View mapping vehicles collected from wireless networks while driving streets around the country.

    March 13, 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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