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  • UMPI, UMFK use tuition to lure out-of-state students

    January 22, 2014

    The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the University of Maine at Presque Isle unveiled on Tuesday a new tuition rate for out-of-state and international students that represents a 40% price reduction in those markets, decreasing the yearly tuiti

    January 22, 2014

  • Shareholders fight Oxford Networks sale

    January 21, 2014

    Some common stock shareholders of Oxford Networks are speaking out against company leaders’ plan to sell the firm to a Canadian private equity concern for $50 million.

    January 21, 2014

  • Lincoln millworkers to receive federal job retraining aid

    January 17, 2014

    The U.S. Department of Labor will allow approximately 200 millworkers who were laid off from Lincoln Paper & Tissue in December to receive job retraining assistance from the federal government.

    January 17, 2014

  • Tribes propose joint management of elver fishery

    January 17, 2014

    In an effort to avoid a repeat of last spring’s turf war with state fisheries regulators over the harvesting of translucent baby eels, Passamaquoddy tribal chiefs at Indian

    January 17, 2014

  • Owners to sell popular Celtic venue in Carthage

    January 17, 2014

    The owners of the 250-seat Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in Carthage, which has featured top Celtic music performers from Canada, Ireland and Scotland for almost a decade, are planning to close the theater in September at the end of this yea

    January 17, 2014

  • Second bidder submits offer for bankrupt rail company

    January 17, 2014

    At least two bidders have submitted offers to purchase the bankrupt Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, which is slated to be sold at auction next Tuesday. Today is the deadline for final bids to be submitted prior to the auction.

    January 17, 2014

  • Maine hospitals get B- in emergency care report

    January 17, 2014

    The American College of Emergency Physicians gave Maine hospitals a B-minus grade in its national report card,  a ranking that puts the state’s hospitals and emergency rooms third overall among the

    January 17, 2014

  • Portland, Bangor to keep D.C. direct flights

    January 16, 2014

    Maine’s two largest airports will retain direct flights to Washington, D.C., following the merger of U.S.

    January 16, 2014

  • Environmental groups laud solar bill support

    January 16, 2014

    A bill that would elevate solar power development in Maine was expected to be a priority at a news conference late this morning held at the Senate House Welcome Center by The National Resources Council of Maine and a coalition of 27 other environm

    January 16, 2014

  • Kittery shipyard gets $11.5M in Omnibus bill

    January 16, 2014

    Maine and New Hampshire senators said $11.5 million in funding for military construction at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the procurement of two Virginia-class submarines have been included in the Senate Committee on Appropriations’ FY 2014

    January 16, 2014

  • Canadian firm to buy Oxford Networks for $50M

    January 16, 2014

    Telecommunications and IT services company Oxford Networks of Lewiston said Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by Novacap, a Montreal-based private equity firm, for $50 million.

    January 16, 2014

  • GWI sues Maine Fiber in Three Ring Binder dispute

    January 14, 2014

    Great Works Internet has filed a lawsuit against Maine Fiber Co., its CEO Dwight Allison and investor Robert Monks.

    January 14, 2014

  • Consultant pegs Medicaid expansion cost at $800M-plus over 10 years

    January 13, 2014

    A Rhode Island consultant hired by the state to evaluate expanding Medicaid in Maine under the Affordable Care Act puts the cost at more than $800 million over the first 10 years, according to a report by the 

    January 13, 2014

  • Cross acquires Willis NNE

    January 13, 2014

    Cross Insurance has acquired all the Willis Northern New England operations in Maine in a merger that Cross CEO Royce Cross says cements his company’s position as the largest insurance agency in the state.

    January 13, 2014

  • BEP gives preliminary OK to controversial mining rules

    January 13, 2014

    In a 5-0 vote Friday, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection adopted new mining rules that will govern metallic mining operations in the state.

    January 13, 2014

  • Maine Fair Trade Lobster to expand operations in Gouldsboro

    January 13, 2014

    Maine Fair Trade Lobster, the company that took over lobster-processing operations at the shuttered former Live Lobster plant in Prospect Harbor last summer, plans to increase the plant’s capacity by 50%.

    January 13, 2014

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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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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