AUGUSTA — Efficiency Maine is rolling out new incentives to help Maine homeowners reduce heating costs and improve energy efficiency. Qualified homeowners can receive up to $1,500 toward the cost of qualifying energy upgrades to a home’s insulation or heating system. The incentives from Efficiency Maine’s Home Energy Savings Program (HESP) will help offset the […]

RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Sept. 24. New this week: commodities, Aug. unemployment, July retail sales, bank rates Commodities This Last Last week week year Heating oil #21 . $3.49 $3.50 — Propane2 . 2.90 2.88 — Gas, unlead3 . 3.65 3.69 3.93 Kerosene1 . 3.87 3.90 — Firewood, dry4 […]

PORTLAND — Martin’s Point recently welcomed Reed Eichner and David Paino to the organization as the vice presidents of Information Technology and the Martin’s Point Management System, respectively. Martin’s Point is continuously seeking innovative solutions and many of those solutions will be powered by technology that Eichner and his department will develop and implement. Eichner […]

BRUNSWICK — Named recently as Employees of the Month at the Brunswick Visitor Center are the Friday morning team of Bill Mason and Carol Sockloff, according to a news release. Mason has been a visitor center volunteer since it opened 2010. Mason, a former Bowdoin College admissions officer, lived in Maine until 1991 when he […]

BRUNSWICK — Not familiar with Pickleball? It is a sport played on a court similar to badminton and tennis, and it is played with a hard paddle and a polymer version of a wiffle ball. Pickleball was created in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, a congressman from Washington state. The story behind the name “Pickleball” is […]

PORTLAND P eople all over the world are familiar with the work of Glen Halliday, whose light-hearted Kids Crooked House company has been featured on several popular television shows and is rapidly expanding with licensed branches as far away as Russia and Australia. Now Halliday wants to draw some attention to Greater Portland and its […]

In the past, when it came to fuel economy, German manufacturer Volkswagen was the best known maker of diesel-powered cars and trucks. But, as the world turns and trends come and go, all the signs seem to indicate that hybrid-electric technology is the best way to go. Consequently, Volkswagen engineers have set aside their diesel […]

The biggest automobile segment in the North American market is still that of the full-size pickup, a category in which GM has not been very aggressive lately. But after a bit of corporate reorganization, the time has come for GM to introduce a new generation of pick-ups, sold under the Silverado moniker for Chevrolet and […]

For many years, Japanese automaker Toyota has been offering what it considers to be a real full-sized sedan to North American buyers. Though it ran on the platform of the legendary Camry, the Avalon was a bigger car designed to attract loyal sedan buyers who patronized the competition. Despite its best efforts, however, something seemed […]

Last year, Japanese manufacturer Honda launched a new line of mid-sized sedans under the Accord moniker. The car was also launched as a coupe; all models could be ordered with either a four-cylinder or a V-6 powerplant. All that was missing from the lineup was an up-to-date hybrid version. The reason for this is that […]