The popular PBS show held its first appraisal event in Maine last summer at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay.
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Maine leaders pitch solutions to enhance grid as temperatures drop and electricity prices soar
Natural gas prices spiked to their highest level ever in New England in January, driving up the cost of electricity. Experts said the state should hasten energy project permitting and transmission interconnection to bring electricity prices down long-term.
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Converted nursing home to add 11 new senior units to Augusta’s housing stock
Tony and Lori Noonan redeveloped a shuttered assisted living facility into apartments, helping to fill the need for housing in the capital region.
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EPA ruling on climate change could make Maine’s air harder to breathe
The agency has rolled back a landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health, eliminating the legal basis for federal climate protections.
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Another data center proposed, this time in southern Maine
Sen. Matt Harrington tells fellow lawmakers that a proposal is ‘well along’ in the planning process, but details are scant.
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Businesses are rolling with penny phase-out challenges
Some Maine retailers and others who handle cash transactions are rounding change to the nearest nickel in the absence of pennies.
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Kennebec Savings Bank, developer agree to move historic Augusta building
The bank had applied to demolish the 1899 John Calvin Stevens house on Western Avenue, but Richard Parkhurst’s last-ditch proposal appears to have saved it — if the move clears several engineering and permitting hurdles.
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Maine’s lobster hot spot appears to be having a baby boom
After years of decline, the number of baby lobsters found along a key stretch of Maine’s coast has been above average the past 2 years.
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Farmington Fair study estimates $4.6M economic impact
Johnson Consulting estimated the 2024 Farmington Fair generated $4.6 million in economic activity and more than $115,000 in state tax revenue.
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As Valentine’s Day prices rise, are Mainers looking for cheap gifts?
Some customers are buying smaller boxes of chocolate, or nothing at all, but the full picture of demand may not be clear until Sunday.