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  • Lincoln plant cuts workers, pay

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 13, 2009

    Lincoln Paper and Tissue is planning temporary layoffs and salary cuts in response to collapsing demand and record price drops in pulp and paper markets.

  • Boralex to keep power plant open

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 12, 2009

    Boralex Inc. has signed a power supply contract that will prevent the closure of one of its northern Maine power plants.

  • Katahdin Paper workers return

    Mainebiz News Staff March 9, 2009

    Furloughed paperworkers are back on the job today at Katahdin Paper Co. in East Millinocket, thanks to some new orders.

  • 140 mill workers furloughed in E. Millinocket

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 6, 2009

    Katahdin Paper Co.

  • CMP grid project scrapped for now

    Whit Richardson February 5, 2009

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission dismissed Central Maine Power Co.'s and Maine Public Service Co.'s major electric transmission project that would have linked Aroostook County with the New Eng

  • Penn National reports loss

    Mainebiz News Staff February 5, 2009

    Penn National Gaming, the Wyomissing, Pa.-based parent company of Bangor's Hollywood Slots, reported a $153 million net loss for 2008.

  • NMMC cuts jobs in search of savings

    The Mainebiz News Staff February 4, 2009

    Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent today said it has laid off 19 employees, slashed hours for 32 others and instituted other cost-saving measures to save more than $2 million, according to

  • UMO's Kennedy wooed by Kansas

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 25, 2009

    Robert Kennedy, the president of the University of Maine at Orono, is in Kansas today being vetted as a finalist for the president's job at Kansas State University.

  • Cianbro cuts 110 jobs

    The Mainebiz News Staff January 25, 2009

    Pittsfield-based Cianbro Corp. has cut 110 workers from its Eastern Manufacturing Facility in Brewer because of a drop in demand for oil.

  • Red Shield reopens again

    Carol Coultas February 23, 2009

    The former Georgia Pacific mill in Old Town that closed in 2006 and again in 2008 under the Red Shield Environmental banner, is reopening once again.

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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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