Home first to native tribes and French explorers, Ellsworth grew up around the Union River. It was named for a delegate to the national convention working on the Constitution, Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut. In 1763, English entrepreneurs came to harness the area’s forestland and water power with dams and sawmills. The first schooner built in […]
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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Solar rising with tax credits, lower costs
Rebates can cut a project’s expense while photovoltaic panels cost half what they did three years ago.
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Welcome to the Occupation
The denizens of a small tent city in Portland’s Lincoln Park stay true to democratic ideals as they fight inequality, greed – and the elements.
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Quiet moments with Occupy Maine offers time for reflection
Reporter Tux Turkel spends some time in Occupy Maine’s tent city.
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Occupy Maine making plans for educating public this weekend in Portland
Friday at noon is described as a day of education on banking practices while Saturday at noon the group joins a national day of protest of police brutality and repression.
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Lowe’s fate stuns some,but analysts do the math
The closing of two Lowe’s stores shows the effects of slow housing and construction sectors, they say.
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Lowe’s shuts storesin Biddeford, Ellsworth
The Lowe’s stores in Biddeford and Ellsworth were anchor tenants clustered in and around so-called power centers, part of a fresh wave of big-box retail development that washed across Maine just prior to the 2008 economic collapse. Both were located across from existing Home Depot stores.
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More than a few bricks
The market for tons of pressed-wood bricks and logs is heating up in Maine.
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State backing may be key to extending natural gas lines
Public funds may sway lenders’ willingness to finance pipelines to mills and unserved areas.
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Heating oil starts season 84 cents higher than year ago
The state’s energy director says higher prices are forecast for this winter.