Cape Elizabeth, which has Cumberland County’s highest wage, also leads in the percentage of the college-educated.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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Calais LNG pulls application
Business interests, who say a terminal would lower industrial costs, voice disappointment.
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Cumberland County income, education linked
Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth and Cumberland lead other communities, Census Bureau data shows.
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FairPoint meeting broadband goals, PUC finds
No formal investigation will be necessary, regulators say.
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Truckers dismayed at weight restriction
A pilot program that allowed heavier trucks on interstate highways has not been extended.
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Effort to allow heavier trucks hits a roadblock
The U.S. House passes a funding bill that omits a provision to allow 100,000 pound trucks on the Interstate.
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‘Pioneering in pellets’ at $199 a ton
Elizabeth Miller was waiting as a truck backed into her driveway Wednesday afternoon. On the truck’s trailer were five tons of Maine-made wood pellets, produced in Athens this week and driven 65 miles from Jay.
Miller had been buying pellets from hardware stores, but these were selling for the cheapest price she’d ever seen.
“In this economy, I just couldn’t turn it down,” she said. “And the free delivery made a big difference to me.”
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Broadband deadline loomsover FairPoint
A little more than three weeks from now, FairPoint Communications is supposed to have high-speed Internet service available to 83 percent of its customers in Maine.
Will that happen?
How can the exact numbers be determined?
Those are questions that state utility regulators pondered Tuesday as the Dec. 31 deadline nears.
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Grass for fuel fires hope, debate
A project to use unused farmland as a source for fuel pellets could have a $500 million impact.
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Natural gas line expands to Freeport, thanks to big customer
Extending gas networks often relies on major users — such as L.L. Bean — which can help justify the investment.