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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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  • Published
    October 23, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 23, 2011

    City’s history entwined with river

    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 […]

  • Published
    October 23, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 22, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    Quiet moments with Occupy Maine offers time for reflection

    Reporter Tux Turkel spends some time in Occupy Maine’s tent city.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 17, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    October 16, 2011

    More than a few bricks

    The market for tons of pressed-wood bricks and logs is heating up in Maine.

  • Published
    October 9, 2011

    State backing may be key to extending natural gas lines

    Public funds may sway lenders’ willingness to finance pipelines to mills and unserved areas.