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Feds award $2.5M to BigRock Mountain for new chairlift

Laurie Schreiber August 18, 2022

The existing lift is over 50 years old. The new lift will feature technology such as a touchscreen interface that eases system operations and maintenance. 

  • DeLorme-Garmin deal: Store to close, future of Gazetteer still unknown

    February 12, 2016

    More details have emerged about the sale of the iconic Maine navigational company DeLorme to the Swiss-based Garmin that was announced on Thursday.

    February 12, 2016

  • Disappointment over federal response to North Woods project

    February 12, 2016

    The Maine congressional delegation says that it's disappointed with the response they received from the National Park Service following a letter that was penned to President Obama about the possibility he would designate more than 100,000 acres in

    February 12, 2016

  • Saddleback yet to finalize sale, putting ski season in further doubt

    February 9, 2016

    The announcement is in stark contrast to the hopeful outlook resort officials had in January when they said it was “just down to finishing the complicated paperwork” with a prospective buyer.

    February 9, 2016

  • Winter's late arrival impacting Aroostook businesses

    February 8, 2016

    The winter's late arrival and its seeming inability to stick around for more than a few days at a time has resulted in the decline in seasonal business for some Aroostook County merchants, the St. John's Valley Times reported.

    February 8, 2016

  • Maine Foodie Tours gives visitors a taste of Maine

    Lori Valigra February 8, 2016

    When Pamela Laskey, director and founder of Maine Foodie Tours, sipped Campari on ice in Boston's North End in 2008 with the owner of one of the three culinary tours in the United States at the time, she suspected she had bitten into something big

    Lori Valigra February 8, 2016

  • Bar Harbor council backs rehab of major street

    February 5, 2016

    Bar Harbor's town council designated $25,000 for an infrastructure design study on Cottage Street, one of the popular summer tourist town's two main corridors central to commerce.

    February 5, 2016

  • Portland's Congress Square redesign project nets over 100 bids

    February 4, 2016

    The city of Portland received more than 100 submissions for its Congress Square redesign project, with some public art proposals coming from as far away as the United Kingdom.

    February 4, 2016

  • Maine’s most productive scallop ground shut down

    February 4, 2016

    As part of the state's conservation plan to conserve and rebuild the scallop resource, the state Department of Marine Resources said it is closing Cobscook Bay, the most productive scallop fishing area in Maine, MPBN reported.

    February 4, 2016

  • Acadia reaches a 20-year high in visitors for 2015

    February 3, 2016

    Last year the only national park in the state reached its highest visitation total in 20 years, as an estimated 2.81 million park-goers visited Acadia National Park.

    February 3, 2016

  • Massachusetts business owner purchases Mount Jefferson Ski Area

    January 27, 2016

    The Mount Jefferson Ski Area is under new ownership, as a Massachusetts ticket broker has purchased the 51-year-old family business.

    January 27, 2016

  • York casino referendum circulators claiming nonpayment for work

    January 27, 2016

    Circulators hired to gather signatures for a petition to allow up to 1,500 slot machines or a casino in York County have finished their work, but accusations about how those signatures were obtained and whether circulators were adequately paid for

    January 27, 2016

  • Sunday River to host first annual Chef Summit

    January 26, 2016

    This Saturday, Sunday River and the Portland-based kitchen studio O'Maine Studios have partnered to bring the first annual New England Chef Summit to the popular ski resort located in Newry.

    January 26, 2016

  • Director looks at 'Moneyball' as inspiration for PMA's future

    James McCarthy January 25, 2016

    Mark Bessire, director of the Portland Museum of Art, readily acknowledges it's a fair question to ask why the museum is engaged in a multi-year effort to reimagine itself when its metrics are strong and its collections include paintings by Winslo

    James McCarthy January 25, 2016

  • Acadia National Park to kick-off centennial

    January 22, 2016

    Acadia National Park, Friends of Acadia and the Acadia Centennial Partners have a year of statewide events planned to celebrate the park's centennial.

    January 22, 2016

  • Hoteliers brace for impact of Airbnb

    Lori Valigra January 22, 2016

    There's a bit more pessimism in the air nationally about lodging this year as Airbnb's growth is exploding.

    Lori Valigra January 22, 2016

  • Renovation plans revealed for Bangor's Pine Tree Inn

    January 20, 2016

    Bangor-based property management company R&K Construction has announced plans for the former Pine Tree Inn plot.

    January 20, 2016

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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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