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Article: Rockland to give ship red-carpet welcome
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- September 29, 2009
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ROCKLAND - The 2,500-passenger cruise ship Jewel of the Seas is
making a big splash around the midcoast even before it drops anchor
Sunday morning in Rockland Harbor.
"The whole community is talking about it," said Loraine Francis,
executive director of Rockland Main Street Inc. "It's the first time
a cruise ship this big has come to Rockland. This is very exciting,
and we've been planning for this for months."
The visit is a collaborative effort between Rockland and Camden,
she said.
"Rockland has a nice, deep port, and there will be shore
excursions to the Camden area," she said. "As a region, we're
fabulous."
When the city was better known for its fish processing plants
than its tourist ...