J. Craig Anderson

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Published
March 13, 2022

Potholes, road salt and climate change: Warmer Maine winters raise new concerns

Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
Published
March 11, 2022

Referendum to curb growth stirs debate in North Yarmouth

Residents will decide Tuesday on a citizens initiative that pits concerns about urban sprawl against Greater Portland’s hot real estate market.
Published
March 9, 2022

Maine losing chief of its insurance bureau

Eric Cioppa, who has served the state in a variety of roles for more than three decades, will retire April 1 as Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance
Published
March 9, 2022

Spectrum doubling its base internet speed for customers in Portland

The move is part of an effort to boost basic-plan speeds this year in all markets in the company’s 41-state service area.
Published
March 7, 2022

Ukraine crisis sends fossil fuel prices soaring in Maine

Gasoline prices are approaching a record high, and heating oil already has surpassed the previous record.
Published
February 24, 2022

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram hires 4 reporters

The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram announced that it has hired four new reporters: Emily Allen will cover courts and justice. Allen was previously a Report for America fellow based at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit investigative news organization in West Virginia, where she worked as a community watchdog reporter. Jordan Andrews will cover fisheries, […]
Published
February 22, 2022

Committee rejects proposal for Maine lobster industry legal defense fund

Industry representatives and state officials said the bill could have unintended consequences and might be unconstitutional.
Published
February 21, 2022

Program brings previously unheard voices to Portland-area transportation boards

The grant-funded transit leadership training program empowers immigrants and others who are affected by transit decisions usually made without their input.
Published
February 20, 2022

In a cold winter, Maine household budgets buckle under growing energy burden

Skyrocketing prices for electricity, heating oil and gasoline are hitting Mainers especially hard when the mercury falls.
Published
February 16, 2022

NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs

The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court’s ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.

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