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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. 

  • Fire strikes Fryeburg Saunders mill

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 3, 2011

    A fire Thursday destroyed part of the former Saunders Bros. wood mill in Fryeburg, but new owner Louise Jonaitis said she still plans to open a furniture factory there.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 3, 2011

  • Court throws out appeal of Walsh hotel

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 3, 2011

    A superior court has thrown out a lawsuit against hotelier Tom Walsh's planned 110-room hotel in Bar Harbor.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 3, 2011

  • Colby building biomass plant

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 29, 2010

    Colby College has embarked on construction of a new biomass heating plant that school officials say will replace about one million gallons of heating fuel annually with wood chips and forest waste.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 29, 2010

  • Island residents seek compromise after losing zoning battle

    December 28, 2010

    After losing part of their court case against a proposed hotel/condo development on Great Diamond Island, a group of residents is now hoping to garner a compromise from the developer.

    December 28, 2010

  • Wetlands conservation gets $2.3M boost

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 27, 2010

    Federal grants totaling $2.3 million will help protect nearly 500 acres of Maine's coastal wetlands.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 27, 2010

  • Renovations under way at Augusta hotel

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 27, 2010

    Freeport-based Giri Hotels is spending as much as $1.8 million to renovate the former Holiday Inn in Augusta.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 27, 2010

  • Madison Paper mill to change hands

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 23, 2010

    The Finnish parent company of Madison Paper Industries is being acquired by another Finnish company for $1.2 billion.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 23, 2010

  • Trust buys PPL dams for $24M

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 21, 2010

    The Penobscot River Restoration Trust has closed its $24 million purchase of three dams in eastern Maine, with plans to reopen nearly 1,000 miles of fish habitat.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 21, 2010

  • Co-op offers fishing fuel rebates

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 16, 2010

    A fishing cooperative on the verge of shutting down is offering $30,000 in fuel rebates in hopes of luring fishermen back to Maine.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 16, 2010

  • Report: Greater Portland pollution equals a coal plant

    December 14, 2010

    Portland's energy bill in 2007 was $1.2 billion, with nearly half of those costs due to transportation, according to a new report by the Greater Portland Council of Governments and Clean Air-Cool Planet in Portsmouth, N.H.

    December 14, 2010

  • Amtrak extension gets $3M boost

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 10, 2010

    The extension of the Amtrak Downeaster train from Portland to Brunswick currently under way is getting another boost from the feds.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 10, 2010

  • Report: $3B needed to restore Gulf of Maine

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 9, 2010

    A new report from the Gulf of Maine Restoration Coalition says remedying the environmental problems in the Gulf of Maine will cost more than $3 billion over the next five years.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 9, 2010

  • Giri Hotels buys Waterville property

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 8, 2010

    Freeport-based Giri Hotels has added the Holiday Inn in Waterville to its list of properties in Maine.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 8, 2010

  • Mega berth construction on track in Portland

    December 7, 2010

    Construction on the new mega berth in Portland's harbor is on schedule in its sixth week, says Jack Parker, president and CEO of the construction company in charge of the project, Reed & Reed of Woolwich.

    December 7, 2010

  • Legal troubles delay cannery sale

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 3, 2010

    The Massachusetts-based lobster company buying the shuttered former Stinson Seafood cannery in Prospect Harbor plans to complete the sale by mid-January, following legal and financial delays.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 3, 2010

  • Eagle nest stalls Wiscasset bypass

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 3, 2010

    Plans for a Route 1 bypass in Wiscasset in the works for decades have been derailed because of a recently discovered eagle's nest in the proposed path.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 3, 2010

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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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