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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.

Leon Leonwood Bean had a vision for retail

Peter Van Allen Updated: July 27, 2020

Leon Leonwood Bean, who founded L.L. Bean in 1912, was an accomplished fisherman, avid hunter and seasoned outdoorsman. But what’s sometimes overlooked was his savvy as a businessman and innovations as a retailer.

Peter Van Allen Updated: July 27, 2020
Bill that addresses Acadia's maintenance backlog heads to Trump's desk

Staff Updated: July 24, 2020

A bill that includes $9.5 billion to address a national park maintenance backlog is heading to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

Staff Updated: July 24, 2020
Outdoor recreation wins big in 2020 Maine Tourism Awards

Renee Cordes Updated: July 24, 2020

Honorees include Hardy Boat Cruises and Caribou Parks and Recreation Department. All will be formally recognized at next year's state tourism conference.

Renee Cordes Updated: July 24, 2020
On the Record: Pamela Laskey, founder of Maine Foodie Tours, now takes a different path

Greg Levinsky Updated: July 27, 2020

Her company was one of Maine's fastest-growing a few years ago. Now, after the pandemic has upended Maine's dining scene, Laskey offers a wider menu of tours.

Greg Levinsky Updated: July 27, 2020
Gorham Savings Maine Marathon joins growing list of virtual fundraisers during COVID-19

Renee Cordes Updated: July 22, 2020

The event, which has raised more than $5.2 million for local charities since 1997, joins a growing list of virtual fundraisers. This year's nonprofit beneficiaries include Wayside Food Programs and behavioral health and education service provider

Renee Cordes Updated: July 22, 2020
Despite pandemic, virtual cycling fundraiser comes up with $550K for lung health

Greg Levinsky July 21, 2020

The Trek Across Maine, the largest fundraising event for the American Lung Association, had to find an alternate route after COVID-19 struck the state. This year's participants rode on their own, and shared the experience online.

Greg Levinsky July 21, 2020
A popular Bangor entrepreneurs event goes virtual this week

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 20, 2020

The challenges facing entrepreneurs as they come out of the first wave of the crisis and can reopen include developing a road map to the future, says an organizer of the Blitz conference, which is holding a special, online version Thursday.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 20, 2020
Maine unemployment rate continues to sink as state adds 19K jobs in June

Staff July 17, 2020

The private sector accounted for all of the growth, with gains in fields previously hard hit by the pandemic, such as hospitality, retail and health care.

Staff July 17, 2020
Midcoast inn fast-tracks restaurant, bar renovations during pandemic shutdown

Maureen Milliken Updated: July 22, 2020

Staying at home meant not waiting on renovations to the restaurant, and addition of a bar, for owners of the Craignair Inn. They also enhanced a partnership with neighboring Clark Island, which has just been preserved by Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

Maureen Milliken Updated: July 22, 2020
Nonprofit notebook: Portland music venue raises $175K, MCF seeks grant applications

Renee Cordes July 17, 2020

After raising more than $175,000, One Longfellow Square said it will look for alternative ways to safely bring music to the public in the coming months and will prepare to resume shows in the Portland venue when that becomes possible.

Renee Cordes July 17, 2020
Rockland schooner captain prepares to set sail, testing the season

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 17, 2020

The owner of two Midcoast passenger schooners homeported in Rockland is getting ready to begin operations this weekend, while the rest of the Rockland and Camden fleet sit out the season.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 17, 2020
Portland Sea Dogs make most of season that wasn't with outdoor dining, more golf

Renee Cordes Updated: July 16, 2020

With the 2020 minor-league baseball season suspended, the Double-A Boston Red Sox affiliate is hosting other events at Hadlock Field in Portland this summer.

Renee Cordes Updated: July 16, 2020
Amtrak Downeaster adds trains between Boston and Brunswick

Renee Cordes Updated: July 16, 2020

Starting July 20, there will be four daily round-trip passenger trains between Brunswick and Boston as the service aims to get back on track from a reduced schedule during the pandemic.

Renee Cordes Updated: July 16, 2020
Lewiston may create inspection program for lodging houses

William Hall July 14, 2020

The inexpensive housing establishments have been inspected by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. But DHHS may end its oversight of them.

William Hall July 14, 2020
No nuptial bliss: Maine's wedding businesses look to expand the guest list

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 14, 2020

A group of businesses cites the state’s limit on social gathering size for the loss of the first two-thirds of the 2020 wedding season and $600 million in revenue.

Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 14, 2020
Pandemic gives York surfboard maker time to finalize new hybrid design

Laurie Schreiber July 13, 2020

A surfboard manufacturer used the pandemic’s down time to finalize a hybrid design combining wood construction with a plastic perimeter rail. The pandemic is driving increased interest in surfing.

Laurie Schreiber July 13, 2020

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Virgin Voyages cruise ship makes maiden call to Eastport, the brand’s first Maine visit

Frontier Airlines to end flights from Portland Jetport

A tiny portion of Acadia National Park is a big driver of this summer's visitor boom

Today's Poll

Poll Description

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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