Actions as simple as closing the curtains and grilling your dinner outdoors can trim summertime power costs.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
Electricity use spiked during the July 4th heat wave. Here’s what that tells us.
Demand grew as the holiday weekend approached and many Mainers turned on their air conditioners, pushing peak loads well above a typical summer day.
How Maine’s economy benefits from billion-dollar defense contracts
Hundreds of Maine companies, large and small, share billions of defense dollars each year that flow through communities across the state.
7 defense contractors in Maine you probably don’t know about
They include a healthcare provider, a handgun holster maker and a company owned by the Penobscot Nation.
Women’s sports bar to take over Noble BBQ site in Portland
The Sports Bra Maine is a franchise of an Oregon-based chain dedicated to showing women’s games. Noble is slated to close on July 12.
West Marine stores in Maine among 59 to close nationwide
The Florida-based retailer of boating, fishing and watersports equipment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.
See 3 lakeside camps in Maine you can afford
Buying a waterfront retreat is little more than a dream for many Mainers, but these properties in Brownfield, Otis and Smithfield might make it come true for less than $400K.
Higher fuel costs raise red flags across Maine’s economy
Ripple effects of high gas prices, soft retail sales and persistent economic uncertainty threaten to make 2026 a tough year financially for many Mainers.
5 ways to make moving easier for older Mainers
Senior housing specialist Rachel Davis shares advice for later-in-life moves.
Maine’s lumber mills, like the one in Searsmont, have known fire risks
The fire that led to an explosion at Robbins Lumber last week, killing a volunteer firefighter, remains under investigation.