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BAR HARBOR - Last year's record has yet to be broken, but if all goes according to schedule, 2008 is expected to be a banner year for cruise ship visits in Maine.
For the first time, the number of cruise ship visits to Bar Harbor, the most popular port in the state for such passenger vessels, is expected to top 100. Charlie Phippen, Bar Harbor's harbor master, said recently that cruise ships are expected to drop anchor in Frenchman Bay 109 times by the end of October. Last year, Bar Harbor had 91 such visits, while in 2006 it had 73.See the full content of this document
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Bar Harbor Expects Record Cruise Ship Visits
"So far, so good," Chris Fogg, executive director of the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, said Thursday. "[The local cruise ship season] is really starting to kick in."
On Thursday, two new large cruise ships made their first-ever visits to Bar Harbor, the 61st and ...See the full content of this document
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