A recent report found that projects off Massachusetts and Rhode Island could have driven down wholesale electricity costs throughout the region if they had not been delayed.
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ACA premiums to rise an average of nearly 24% in Maine
Some Affordable Care Act enrollees could see premiums jump even higher if Congress doesn’t extend subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025.
Fewer Canadians traveling Maine Turnpike this summer
The average daily volume of Canadian motorists paying cash at tollbooths from May through August fell 43%, from 2,377 in 2024 to 1,339 this year.
Northern Light Health announces it will cut 3% of its workforce
The second-largest health care system in Maine has suffered from financial difficulties during the past few years.
Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: August 2025
Broker submitted sales and leases for land, industrial, office, retail and more.
Immigrant owners are preserving Maine’s variety stores and markets
New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.
Field hockey preview
Freeport senior Lizalyn Boudreau, center, helps her coach by counting players during Friday’s practice at the high school in Freeport. Boudreau is the flyer on the Falcons’ penalty corner defense. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer)
For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
Back by popular demand: Pittsfield theater to be revived by new nonprofit
The Pittsfield Town Council sold the municipally owned theater, which had been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, to the Bijou Theatre and Enrichment Center nonprofit for $1 earlier this month.
Construction of Waterville apartment complex expected to start next year
The former Bob-In Restaurant & Lounge at the corner of Temple and Front streets has been razed and the ground leveled in preparation for the future Head of Falls Village apartment complex.