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Gotta Park, Gotta Go

In Kennebunkport, it’s easier to buy a decorative souvenir of Maine than legally park a car. And the average person could get lost just trying to find the three public toilets in Dock Square managed by the Chamber of Commerce. So it’s summer again, and Kennebunkport faces its annual identity crisis: “Just what kind of

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Cruise Ships, 2003

The story of the future of the cruise industry on Portland’s waterfront is all about conjecture right now. The projections of business going forward, and the estimates on revenues looking back, depend upon whom you ask. Also at issue is what “economic impact study” or “strategic action plan” holds the most water – all depend

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Fed Exing to work

High-powered consultants and the self-employed bask and multiply on Peaks Island. First lured as summer visitors from that place we call “away,” they then purchased simple houses as second homes. Then, thanks to cell phone, fax, e-mail, laptops and a nearby airport, they made the grand decision to shed the frantic pace of their former

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