BRUNSWICK – Homeowners in the Meadowbrook subdivision here have Botany Place envy. No, they don’t like the Botany Place condominium community any better than their woodsy neighborhood of custom homes, across the road on outer Maine Street. What they covet is the gas. Contractors for Maine Natural Gas currently are installing underground gas lines to […]
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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Southern Maine hits new home building low
Builders expect little growth in 2012, a bad sign for the state’s stalled jobless rate, though small contractors see more renovation work.
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Maine has 6,838 earners in top 1 percent, averaging $810,805
The largest concentration live in Portland, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Yarmouth and Scarborough, according to data generated by Maine Revenue Services.
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When birds fly afoulof jetport competition
Whenever planes and their feathered counterparts vie for airspace at Portland International Jetport, the collisions can have serious consequences.
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Maine residents using less heating oil
Energy efficiency and fuel alternatives help Maine significantly cut its heating oil use.
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Pivotal issues, good weatherkeeping polls busy today
Turnout was steady today as voters in Greater Portland came to cast ballots on statewide issues involving gambling, same-day voter registration, and deciding whether to fund improvements at the county’s aging civic center. Portland voters also were choosing their first publicly elected mayor in 88 years.
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Railroad’s parent sues Maine trade publication
Pan Am Systems alleges libel on the part of Yarmouth-based Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports and its editor.
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Railroad sues Yarmouth trade publication and editor
Pan Am Systems Inc. of Dover, N.H., has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports and its editor, Chalmers “Chop” Hardenbergh.
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New plant would shipwood pellets to Europe
Exporting from the facility in Baldwin via Portland would expand the market for Maine wood products.
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Maine Streets: Ellsworth
Fall is the perfect time to turn off the traffic-choked main road and discover this city’s easy charm, from its scenic waterfront to the bustling downtown.