Maine’s border towns feel decline in Canadian visitors: ‘Half our community is gone’

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Krug owns the Main Street watering hole, just a few blocks from the Canadian border, and estimates that the number of Canadian tourists in his dining room is down by about 75%. Canadian border crossings were down nearly 30% in July and August compared to those months last year. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)Inside Fitzgerald’s, there are fewer Canadians than Krug is used to — about 75% fewer, he estimates. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)HESITANT TO BLAME POLITICSKrug, the bar owner, is hesitant to blame anything on politics. Canadian border crossings were down nearly 30% in July and August.