A big day for holiday shopping proved busy in Portland, as many signs pointed to a healthy sales season.
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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Labeled or not, Hannaford refunding all beef
Hannaford urges any customers worried their ground beef may be contaminated to return it.
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Maine shoppers hit stores for ‘Super Saturday’
With the final Saturday before Christmas falling this year on Christmas Eve, many local stores are looking for a surge in sales today and Sunday instead of next weekend, when people may be traveling or with family.
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Snow squall causing traffic mishaps
An unexpected snow squall that coated parts of Maine with up to an inch of snow is creating slippery roads and scores of minor traffic accidents this morning.
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BIW’s black widow spiders spin their way to Web
The unusual story of black widows spiders at Bath Iron Works — a military defense contractor — has led to media coverage across the country.
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Black widow spiders create stir for Maine defense contractor
The unusual story of black widow spiders turning up at Bath Iron Works has led to media coverage across the country.
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Maine may get country’s first floating turbines
A Norwegian energy giant is seeking approval to build the United States’ first deepwater, floating wind farm 12 miles off the Maine coast.
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Floating Maine wind farm under consideration
A task force for the Bureau of Energy Management is in South Portland today to consider a project off the Maine coast that could become the world’s largest floating wind farm.
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Old stoves, but they’re still hot
Some of the latest trends in heating can be found in the antiques sold and repaired at Bryant’s in Thorndike.
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One lofty idea
Construction of affordable housing geared to artists draws 200 applicants for 37 units.