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  • Lawmakers debate racino revenues

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 3, 2010

    The general manager of Hollywood Slots in Bangor yesterday urged lawmakers to allow the facility to operate table games to bring in additional revenue.

  • Telford to lay off about 30 workers

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 3, 2010

    Bangor's Telford Group Inc. is expected to lay off roughly half of its 65 employees less than six months after its acquisition by a Milwaukee company.

  • First Wind explores Penobscot wind site

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 2, 2010

    Officials from Massachusetts-based First Wind are planning to meet with town leaders and residents next week to discuss the results of its tests to put a wind farm on Bowers Mountain in Penobscot C

  • Northern utility eyes new transmission

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 31, 2010

    Northern Maine utility Maine Public Service Co. is reviving its plans to connect its transmission network with the rest of the New England grid.

  • Real estate market holds up despite downturn

    Carol Coultas January 27, 2010

    Bangor-area developers often take a long view of investments, a tendency that bodes well for the local real estate market as it struggles to recover from a downturn, according to Bev Uhlenhake, a b

  • Bennett seeks balance in Hampden economic development

    Tom Weber January 27, 2010

    It's not every small Maine town that can say it has a full-time community and economic development director on staff, nor even justify such a position.

  • Eastern Maine Med to cut 100

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 27, 2010

    Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor will over the next few weeks eliminate 100 full-time positions following a recent cut of $4.6 million in revenues from Maine's Medicare program, MaineCare.

  • Folk festival shaves budget by $140k

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 26, 2010

    Organizers of the American Folk Festival held annually in Bangor have cut its operating budget by $140,000 to help put the festival on stronger financial ground.

  • 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.

  • Fire destroys future auction house

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 25, 2010

    A fire in the Penobscot County town of Corinna destroyed an antiques auction and retail business set to open later this year.

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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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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