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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. 

  • Downeaster extension nets $35M

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 27, 2010

    A plan to extend the Amtrak Downeaster train from Portland to Brunswick is receiving a $35 million boost from the federal government.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 27, 2010

  • PWM service to Toronto on tap

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 27, 2010

    Travelers in Portland will soon be able to fly to Canada on a new twice-daily flight.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 27, 2010

  • Lawmakers oppose natural resources plan

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 26, 2010

    Legislators in three committees are opposing Gov. John Baldacci's proposal to merge some operations of the state's four natural resource agencies to help balance the budget.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 26, 2010

  • Quimby adds acres to her land holdings

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 26, 2010

    Philanthropist and conservationist Roxanne Quimby has added several thousand acres to her land holdings in northern Maine.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 26, 2010

  • Fishing for a future | A Searsmont entrepreneur's aquaculture innovation is welcomed in foreign waters while the U.S. plays catch up

    Whit Richardson January 25, 2010

    In the dingy shipyard of Guaymas, Mexico, several men gather around a black, geodesic cage large enough to encapsulate a Hummer.

    Whit Richardson January 25, 2010

  • Report: Fisheries oversight 'unfair'

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 21, 2010

    A government report released yesterday took federal fisheries regulators to task for their enforcement practices, particularly in the Northeast.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 21, 2010

  • Boston ferry plans could sink CAT revival

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 20, 2010

    Maine officials' efforts to revive ferry service between the state and Nova Scotia could be derailed by an investment group's plans to do the same in Boston.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 20, 2010

  • Poland Spring touts LEED facility

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 20, 2010

    Poland Spring's bottling plant in Kingfield has become the first manufacturing facility in Maine to earn a top environmental certification.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 20, 2010

  • Report finds timber co. at fault

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 14, 2010

    A new state report has found that a Lincoln-based timber company did cut trees on land it agreed to preserve as deer wintering habitat and now could face penalties.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 14, 2010

  • Timber co. probed on habitat management

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 13, 2010

    The state is looking into whether a northern Maine timber company violated an agreement to preserve timberlands as wildlife habitat.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 13, 2010

  • PWM expansion set to advance

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 11, 2010

    The Portland International Jetport is moving forward with plans for a $75 million expansion.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 11, 2010

  • Industry reps deplore natural resources plan

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 7, 2010

    A Baldacci administration proposal to improve collaboration among the state's natural resources agencies has been derided by some stakeholders as a thinly veiled attempt to consolidate the departments.

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 7, 2010

  • Brewer welcomes wood pellet co.

    Mindy Favreau January 6, 2010

    A new wood pellet venture establishing itself in Brewer aims to turn the area into one of the industry's hot spots.

    Mindy Favreau January 6, 2010

  • State plans North Woods pilot program

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 30, 2009

    State officials plan to seek federal aid in February to launch a pilot program to protect Maine's North Woods.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 30, 2009

  • Businesses pool costs for creek clean-up

    December 28, 2009

    Long Creek, once a pristine creek filled with native brook trout, is today a polluted, fishless waterway that meanders through the vast paved landscape of the Maine Mall, flows close to two highways, and slips past the jetport, an 18-hole golf cou

    December 28, 2009

  • Witham buying another Down East hotel

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 22, 2009

    A Bar Harbor hotelier is adding another hotel to his holdings in the Down East region.

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 22, 2009

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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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