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  • Revived furniture maker calls it quits

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 5, 2010

    A furniture manufacturing facility in northern Maine is on the auction block after the investors who restarted it decided to stop production.

  • Greenville biomass facility has new owner

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 5, 2010

    A Texas energy company has bought an idled biomass facility in Greenville and has recalled laid-off staff.

  • New fuel plant pitched in Brewer

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 3, 2010

    A new corporation is looking to build a plant in Brewer that would be the first to produce liquid methane fuel in Maine.

  • Trucking company to close, lay off 100

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 28, 2009

    A trucking company in Bangor is closing, leaving more than 100 people jobless.

  • Oil dealer faces theft charges

    Mainebiz News Staff December 27, 2009

    A Hermon businessman stands accused of stealing more than $40,000 in heating oil.

  • Halo of security | ANGEL Secure Networks aims to protect government data like never before

    Mindy Favreau December 28, 2009

    It sounds like the plot of the next Hollywood blockbuster: A group of anti-American terrorists steals a U.S. missile, hacks into its guidance system and threatens to launch it at Washington, D.C.

  • Local businesses welcome broadband boost

    Carol Coultas December 16, 2009

    Today's announcement of $25.4 million in federal money to expand Maine's high-speed Internet network comes as good news to many in the Bangor region, including the James W. Sewall Co.

  • Troop contract formalizes BIA win

    Whit Richardson December 16, 2009

    Bangor International Airport recently signed a three-year contract with Global Aviation Holdings Inc., one of the military charter airline companies that this fall briefly flirted with the idea of

  • Bangor wins contract renewal for troop flights

    Mainebiz News Staff December 13, 2009

    Bangor International Airport landed a new three-year contract to continue serving as the transitioning base for military flights to and from overseas assignments.

  • Fraser to sell Madawaska mill

    The Mainebiz News Staff December 10, 2009

    Toronto-based Fraser Papers has gotten the go-ahead from a Canadian court to sell its specialty paper business, including its mill in Madawaska, as part of its bankruptcy restructuring.

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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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