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  • Five Guys to expand to S. Portland

    January 15, 2013

    Five Guys Burgers and Fries' third Maine restaurant is in the works near the Maine Mall in South Portland.The new 92-seat restaurant follows the burger chain's expansion to Bangor announced late last year.

    January 15, 2013

  • Boghossian tees up Lockwood Mills development

    Douglas Rooks January 7, 2013

    When Paul Boghossian launched the partnership that restored the historic Hathaway Mill in Waterville five years ago, he had no idea he'd just now start renovations to the other two buildings in the mammoth Lockwood Mills complex.

    Douglas Rooks January 7, 2013

  • New independent contractor regs take effect

    December 31, 2012

    Maine's Labor Department says the state's new definition of an independent contractor takes effect today.

    December 31, 2012

  • Tax sheltering tool will gain popularity in new year

    Justin Lamontagne December 24, 2012

    There are a few things in life that make me uncomfortable. The grocery store, for example, totally overwhelms me. The feeling of a new pair of jeans is absolutely unbearable. I think flu shots are shady.

    Justin Lamontagne December 24, 2012

  • ‘Zero injuries’ is the norm at The Cote Corp.

    James McCarthy December 24, 2012

    In the crane and rigging work The Cote Corp. performs — whether it's lifting a 20-ton vault into a new bank building, installing a $3 million MRI machine at a hospital or lowering a 9-foot marble statue of President George H.W.

    James McCarthy December 24, 2012

  • Year in review: uncertainty but big wins in 2012

    December 24, 2012

    Headlines in 2012 were dominated by political news as we re-elected a president, sent a familiar face to Washington and watched as the State House turned more blue than red.

    December 24, 2012

  • CMP puts first of $1.4B in upgrades online

    December 21, 2012

    Central Maine Power Co. has finished work on a $57 million substation project in Lewiston as part of a $1.4 billion transmission system upgrade.

    December 21, 2012

  • Single-family home sales up 23%

    December 21, 2012

    Single-family home sales in Maine continue to outpace last year as home sales for November increased 23% over November 2011, according to the

    December 21, 2012

  • Bangor Savings inks arena sponsor deal

    December 18, 2012

    Bangor Savings Bank has inked a $455,000 marketing deal with the Cross Insurance Center, currently under construction in downtown Bangor.

    December 18, 2012

  • Family co. eyes expansion as next generation takes over

    December 18, 2012

    Portland-based Richard P. Waltz Plumbing & Heating Co. is changing hands and eyeing expansions to central Maine.

    December 18, 2012

  • UMaine project gets $4M offshore wind grant

    December 13, 2012

    The federal Department of Energy will provide up to $4 million to an offshore wind project at the University of Maine.

    December 13, 2012

  • Foreclosure recovery remains ‘slow and drawn out’

    James McCarthy December 10, 2012

    CoreLogic, a California-based provider of information and analytics about mortgages, sees some light at the end of the foreclosure tunnel — nationally, at least.

    James McCarthy December 10, 2012

  • $17M CMP project under way in Livermore Falls

    December 4, 2012

    Central Maine Power Co. has begun construction on a $17 million expansion to an electrical substation in Livermore Falls.

    December 4, 2012

  • MaineHousing standards drop development costs

    November 30, 2012

    Changes to state building standards for affordable housing are expected to bring development costs down by 25% per unit.

    November 30, 2012

  • Q&A: Developer Nathan Szanton talks about his Bates Mill project

    Carol Coultas November 26, 2012

    Developer Nathan Szanton's latest project — The Lofts at Bates Mill in Lewiston — brings him deep satisfaction on two counts: it revives a long-vacant mill building and more than half the apartments he built were rented before it formally opened.

    Carol Coultas November 26, 2012

  • Biddeford, Casella delay sale agreement

    November 16, 2012

    Casella Waste Systems and the city of Biddeford have extended the deadline to negotiate the purchase of Maine Energy Recovery Co.

    November 16, 2012

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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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