The 30-year ‘normal’ data are widely used by utilities to project energy use and by farmers to plan crops.
2011
Posted inSports
Lackey’s outing wasted in a loss
John Lackey gives up two runs in 7 2/3 innings and drives in a run, but the Red Sox are beaten again.
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Posted inNews
Governor thanks, warns legislators
Gov. LePage says he will push again next year to eliminate nonunion ‘fair share’ payments.
Posted inNews
Energy startups have big ideas, need big money
The state’s renewable energy industry hopes to get attention from Boston venture capitalists.
Posted inNews
Despite early support, bullying bill is set aside
Cost concerns and alleged links to ‘the gay agenda’ doomed it, lawmakers say.
Posted inNews
Critics plead for jetport-noise relief
Airport officials say traffic over South Portland can be reduced once the FAA approves a new route.
Posted inNews
Activist goes to White House
Kaleigh Colson, 17, of Portland attends a gay pride reception hosted by President Obama.
Posted inNews
LePage signs bill opening Maine to charter schools
The measure authorizes creation of 10 of the nontraditional public schools in the next decade.
Posted inNation & World
Dutch city’s limit on pot sales killed
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government’s plan to stop tourists from buying marijuana was apparently set back Wednesday after a key decision by the country’s top legal advisory body. The Cabinet wants to curtail the country’s liberal marijuana policy to address problems caused by an estimated 3.9 million French, German and Belgian buyers who drive across […]
Posted inNation & World
World Dispatches
JERUSALEM Israel prepared ‘for worst’ if activists breach blockade Israel is “prepared for the worst” in a showdown with pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel’s sea blockade of Gaza but still hopes they will drop the plan, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday. Information Minister Yuli Edelstein called on organizers to change course and deliver their […]