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  • Maine DEP posts mining rules' draft on its website

    August 20, 2013

    The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has posted on its website a 78-page draft of new rules that would overhaul the state’s 20-year-old mining regu

    August 20, 2013

  • Lawmakers to return for vote on $150M bond proposal

    August 20, 2013

    The state's Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on the $149.5 million bond package that Gov.

    August 20, 2013

  • Electricity Maine to explain rates to customers

    August 20, 2013

    Electricity Maine LLC, founded in 2010 as an alternative lower-cost supplier of electricity throughout the state, has agreed to notify some customers they might be paying higher-than-expected rates for their electricity.

    August 20, 2013

  • Oxford Networks reports $2.8 million loss in 2012, but sees improvement

    August 20, 2013

    Oxford Networks, a Lewiston-based telecommunications company, lost $2.8 million in 2012, but is attributing the decline from a profitable 2011 to the difficulties involved in transitioning from a traditional telephone company into a full-service t

    August 20, 2013

  • J.D. Irving to invest $30 million in Aroostook sawmill

    August 20, 2013

    J.D. Irving Ltd., a privately owned conglomerate headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick, said its sawmills division will invest $30 million in a new softwood sawmill in the Aroostook County town of Ashland.

    August 20, 2013

  • Backyard Farms head grower resigns

    August 20, 2013

    Madison-based Backyard Farms, which has had to destroy two crops of tomato plants this summer, announced on Monday its head grower, Tim de Kok, has resigned.

    August 20, 2013

  • Market Basket now open in Biddeford

    August 19, 2013

    Market Basket opened its new Biddeford store Sunday, ushering in a new era of fierce competition between Maine supermarkets for the food-purchasing dollars of grocery

    August 19, 2013

  • Orono incubator amasses innovative companies

    Lori Valigra August 19, 2013

    At first glance, the Target Technology Incubator in Orono looks like any other modest, one-story building in an industrial park.

    Lori Valigra August 19, 2013

  • Maine State Prison hiring 20 workers

    August 14, 2013

    The Maine State Prison is looking to hire 20 correctional officers by Aug. 26.

    August 14, 2013

  • Cow health monitoring co. targets $10B U.S. market

    Darren Fishell August 12, 2013

    Brian Walsh thinks he’s got a pill for dairy and cattle farmers’ woes. In April 2012, Walsh and partner Karim Gabriel founded Vital Herd Inc.

    Darren Fishell August 12, 2013

  • LePage names new chief legal counsel

    August 8, 2013

    Gov. Paul LePage has promoted Carlisle McLean, a specialist in land use and environmental law, as his chief legal counsel, replacing Michael Cianchette.Cianchette, an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, is being deployed to Afghanistan.

    August 8, 2013

  • Reduce profits on New England power line projects, judge rules

    August 8, 2013

    August 8, 2013

  • State's corporate tax take down $60M

    August 8, 2013

    August 8, 2013

  • Railroad files for bankruptcy in wake of Quebec disaster

    August 8, 2013

    The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway has filed for protection from creditors in Maine and Canada, just 33 days after one of its oil trains careened unattended through the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic and derailed, killing 47 people.

    August 8, 2013

  • Commission at work on elver fishery regulations

    August 8, 2013

    August 8, 2013

  • Beltane lines up financing to produce energy, fresh water from one device

    Darren Fishell August 5, 2013

    While exploring markets for a lightweight, high-capacity solar power generator, entrepreneurs Steve Musica and Laurenz Schmidt had a eureka moment: The areas around the world with the most sunlight often have the most dire shortages of fresh water

    Darren Fishell August 5, 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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