The summer tourism season remains crucial for the state’s $7.7 billion annual tourism industry, but the leaf-peeping season and Columbus Day weekend have become the biggest moneymaker for hotels and restaurants.

Carolyn Millett, 53, works roughly eight to 15 hours a week at the Christmas Tree Shop, making $7.83 an hour. She works nights for Personal Touch Cleaners, cleaning offices at Time Warner Cable, for about 14 hours a week at $9.50 an hour.

Of course, some Mainers work two jobs because they have to, not because they want to. Carolyn Millett, 53, works roughly eight to 15 hours a week at the Christmas Tree Shop, making $7.83 an hour. She works nights for Personal Touch Cleaners, cleaning offices at Time Warner Cable, for about 14 hours a week […]

Lobsterman Dana Black watches the sunrise on his boat off the coast of Orland, and he rushes home to see the sunset more than 140 miles away in Beaver Cove, where he works his second job, running a camp with his wife.