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  • Northern Border Regional Commission to invest $1.356M in six Maine communities

    September 2, 2015

    The Northern Border Regional Commission will award $1,356,000 in grant funding to improve local infrastructure and to encourage private sector investments in six Maine communities.

    September 2, 2015

  • WEX completes purchase of Brazilian payroll card firm

    September 2, 2015

    WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), the South Portland-based provider of corporate payment solutions, announced Tuesday it has acquired the remaining 49% stake in UNIK S.A.

    September 2, 2015

  • Oxford Networks, BayRing Communications complete merger

    September 2, 2015

    Lewiston-based Oxford Networks has completed its merger with Portsmouth, N.H.-based BayRing Communications, which Oxford said in June upon announcing the merger plans would make it the largest competitive telecommunications provider headquartered in

    September 2, 2015

  • Verrill Dana sets up craft beverage, Arctic practice groups

    Lori Valigra September 2, 2015

    Portland law firm Verrill Dana recently set up a craft beverage industry group with eight attorneys and soon plans to announce another group with 12 attorneys focused on increasing North Atlantic and Arctic trade and commerce that is expected once

    Lori Valigra September 2, 2015

  • Tilson acquires Alabama IT firm

    August 24, 2015

    Portland-based Tilson Technology Management said Friday it has acquired a firm in Fairhope, Ala., that will allow the network services company to continue growing in the Southeast.

    August 24, 2015

  • Cybersecurity lab poised to grow: At USM, students gain real-world cyber experience

    Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2015

    The Maine Cyber Security Cluster at the University of Southern Maine is fast becoming a force in the fight against malicious cyber activity.

    Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2015

  • Blue Marble Geographics buys larger Hallowell building to support GIS tool sales growth

    Dylan Martin August 18, 2015

    Blue Marble Geographics said it's moving into a bigger office building in Hallowell this fall as the software company continues to grow sales of its affordable global mapping tool.

    Dylan Martin August 18, 2015

  • Sen. King to host cybersecurity briefing for Maine businesses

    August 14, 2015

    What best practices can Maine businesses adopt to protect themselves against cyberattacks? That question will be addressed in a briefing next week by U.S. Sen. Angus King, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and officials from the U.S. Department of

    August 14, 2015

  • Tyler Technologies sponsors app contest to promote IT careers for Maine's youth

    James McCarthy August 10, 2015

    Ray Arbour, a project manager at Tyler Technologies, and Jay Collier, Project>Login's program director, know there are career opportunities in computing and information technology fields for Maine's youth: More

    James McCarthy August 10, 2015

  • Nautical chic makes its mark in Maine

    August 7, 2015

    A burgeoning marine-chic industry is hitting the cobblestone streets of the Old Port in Portland, with bait bags with nautical themes to sunglasses made from lobster traps adding to the typical tourist fare of lobster T-shirts and mugs, according to

    August 7, 2015

  • Banner year for Portland’s street food purveyors

    August 7, 2015

    Portland has seen an explosion in food carts and food trucks this year, with the city handing out 10 food cart licenses, more than double the number three years ago.

    August 7, 2015

  • At least 35 jobs to be cut at Charleston prison

    August 7, 2015

    The change of Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston from a youth to an adult prison will result in at least 35 positions being cut, according to the Maine State Employees Association.

    August 7, 2015

  • Judge slaps T-Mobile facility over confidentiality rule

    August 7, 2015

    Wireless provider T-Mobile was wrong to require its workers not to talk about ongoing internal investigations to anyone but investigators, an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board found.

    August 7, 2015

  • U.S. economy adds ‘respectable’ 215,000 jobs in July

    August 7, 2015

    The American economy added 215,000 jobs in July, which The New York Times called “a respectable gain” that could raise the comfort level of policy makers at the Federal Reserve.

    August 7, 2015

  • Nova Star's European ferry plan in question

    August 7, 2015

    After a Nova Star Cruises official said Aug. 4 that the ferry company had secured a winter route in Europe between Ramsgate, England, and Boulogne, France, local officials running a port in Ramsgate called the claim “both inaccurate and misleading.”

    August 7, 2015

  • MaineGeneral’s bond rating drops a notch

    August 6, 2015

    Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit rating of MaineGeneral Health, parent company of MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta and the Thayer Center for Health in Waterville, from Ba1 to Ba2.

    August 6, 2015

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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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