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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. 

  • Cate Street buys rights to energy technology

    December 2, 2011

    Cate Street Capital, the new owner of the former Katahdin Paper Co.

    December 2, 2011

  • Bar Harbor hotel dispute back to court

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 7, 2011

    A legal battle between Bar Harbor hoteliers Tom Walsh and David Witham is continuing, after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated a lower court's ruling.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 7, 2011

  • Aquaculture co. faces Canadian charges

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 4, 2011

    Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture, the state's largest aquaculture operator, and three of its executives have been charged with using illegal pesticides that killed lobsters.

    The Mainebiz News Staff November 4, 2011

  • OOB motel owner guilty of stealing sales tax

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 28, 2011

    An Old Orchard Beach man has been convicted on charges of stealing sales taxes he collected while running his family motel, The Caris Landings by the Sea.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 28, 2011

  • Wood pellet plant pitched in Baldwin

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 25, 2011

    F.E. Wood & Sons of Baldwin will become the state's newest player in the nascent wood pellets industry when it completes an $80 million manufacturing plant.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 25, 2011

  • Cruise ship season ends this week

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 24, 2011

    Maine's cruise ship season is nearing an end, with the last ships scheduled to visit Bar Harbor Wednesday.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 24, 2011

  • Japan officials tour logging operations

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 17, 2011

    A group of Japanese logging officials are visiting the state this week to tour several forest products operations and learn more about Maine's logger certification program.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 17, 2011

  • Fishing orgs. net $854,000

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 14, 2011

    Four coastal organizations are receiving a total of $854,000 from the Land for Maine's Future program to preserve working waterfront access.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 14, 2011

  • ME landowner tops land holdings list

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 13, 2011

    John Malone, a Colorado billionaire who earlier this year bought nearly 1 million acres of forestland in Maine, has been named the country's top landowner.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 13, 2011

  • Regency, Eastland hotels plan upgrades

    October 11, 2011

    The Portland Regency Hotel has filed a permit with the city hall for $1.09 million in renovations. Manager David Tamulevich confirmed that the hotel at 20 Milk St.

    October 11, 2011

  • Verso to lay off 125 in Bucksport

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 11, 2011

    Citing lagging demand for its products, Verso Paper Corp. is shutting down one of its paper machines in Bucksport and laying off about 125 workers.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 11, 2011

  • Lobster bait focus of GMRI research

    October 4, 2011

    The Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland got final notice last week that it has received a $400,000 federal earmark, the last piece of funding it needed to launch a long overdue and innovative herring survey deemed crucial to the state's $

    October 4, 2011

  • Balsams resort sale in question

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 3, 2011

    A deal by a trio of Maine investors to buy the 150-year-old Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, N.H., appears to be in jeopardy.

    The Mainebiz News Staff October 3, 2011

  • LURC reform draws scrutiny

    Carol Coultas October 3, 2011

    A newly formed task force reforming Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission is drawing attention from environmentalists, developers and others, but one interested party has an especially big stake in the task force's work — to the tune of about 8.5

    Carol Coultas October 3, 2011

  • LePage pitches merging conservation, ag departments

    Mainebiz News Staff September 30, 2011

    Gov. Paul LePage says he wants to merge the state agriculture and conservation departments into one to "strengthen the natural resource economy."

    Mainebiz News Staff September 30, 2011

  • Cate Street closes deal for two mills

    Mainebiz News Staff September 29, 2011

    The two shuttered Katahdin paper mills are officially under the ownership of a New Hampshire firm that plans to put hundreds of workers back on the payroll.

    Mainebiz News Staff September 29, 2011

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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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