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  • Sales of L.L.Bean boots way up this year

    December 3, 2014

    If you’re looking for a new pair of L.L.Bean’s signature Bean boots this winter, you may be out of luck. The Freeport-based retailer said there are tens of thousands of backorders.

    December 3, 2014

  • Income tax lends to strong economic forecast

    December 3, 2014

    The state's revenue is projected to increase by $45.5 million for the current fiscal year as a result of improved revenues from individual and corporate income taxes. 

    December 3, 2014

  • 9 Maine hospitals earn 'top hospital' distinction

    December 3, 2014

    Nine Maine hospitals have been named to The Leapfrog Group’s annual list of “top rural hospitals,” a recognition given to less than 7% of all eligible hospitals nationwide.

    December 3, 2014

  • GNP mill's buyer: All options are open

    December 3, 2014

    Hackman Capital Partners, a California-based investment firm, will purchase the Great Northern Paper Co. mill in East Millinocket for $5.4 million after making the winning bid in an auction.

    December 3, 2014

  • WEX purchase expands presence in Europe

    December 2, 2014

    WEX Inc., an international fleet card and corporate payment services company based in South Portland, now owns the assets of ExxonMobil’s European commercial fuel card program through a majority owned joint venture, WEX Europe Services Limit

    December 2, 2014

  • Protecting your domain: Big or small, cyberattacks a reality for Maine businesses

    Dylan Martin December 1, 2014

    With news of major data breaches hitting corporate giants like Target, Home Depot and Morgan Stanley in the past year, it may be easy to forget that cybersecurity issues are not just limited to big companies — even if the smaller ones believe they

    Dylan Martin December 1, 2014

  • DeLorme scores important court victory

    November 21, 2014

    DeLorme Publishing, the Yarmouth-based company that makes the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, scored an important court victory this week in a patent infringement lawsuit, but its legal issues aren’t over yet.

    November 21, 2014

  • Gorham startup seeks to preserve family memories through digital archive system

    Dylan Martin November 19, 2014

    It was in January 2012 when Pamela Castrucci, an assistant vice president and managing counsel at Unum, learned that her friend’s 7-year-old son lost his last chance of receiving medical help from a mysterious ailment that would take his lif

    Dylan Martin November 19, 2014

  • Towns eye tax relief due to revaluations of mills

    November 11, 2014

    Madison selectmen have scheduled a meeting on Nov.

    November 11, 2014

  • Feds close cod fishing in Gulf of Maine

    November 11, 2014

    Large areas of the Gulf of Maine will be closed to cod fishing, federal regulators announced on Monday. The closures, due to take effect later this week, are in response to continuing declines in the cod fish population.

    November 11, 2014

  • State official hints at possible sale of Old Town mill

    November 11, 2014

    A senior forest products adviser at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development is reporting that a buyer has been found for the Old Town Fuel and Fiber mill that closed indefinitely on Aug. 14.

    November 11, 2014

  • DEP delays Downeaster permit meeting

    November 11, 2014

    The proposed Amtrak Downeaster layover facility in Brunswick faces yet another delay by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, this time a postponement of Thursday’s meeting in Brunswick that had been scheduled to review the North

    November 11, 2014

  • SymQuest to double Maine workforce by 2017

    November 7, 2014

    SymQuest, a managed IT services company, said its move from Auburn into the Bates Mill in Lewiston will enable the company to double its Maine workforce to 70 employees by 2017.

    November 7, 2014

  • Montreal tech company to open Maine office

    November 6, 2014

    Road King Technologies Inc., a Montreal-based company that develops fleet management systems for ready-mix concrete trucks, is opening its U.S. corporate headquarters in Oakland.

    November 6, 2014

  • Bookkeeper pleads guilty to embezzlement

    October 30, 2014

    A New Hampshire woman has pleaded guilty to two charges after embezzling more than $740,000 from Norway-based Grover Gundrilling Inc., her former employer.

    October 30, 2014

  • Well-known economist leaving Maine

    October 30, 2014

    Charlie Colgan, a well-known economist who had served on the state’s economic forecasting panel for nearly two decades, is leaving Maine after losing his faculty position at the University of Southern Maine in the midst of ongoing budget cut

    October 30, 2014

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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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