Utilities:
Water bills are shooting up in rural Maine — The Portland Press Herald, Nov. 30, 2025
Maine investigating how 911 calls were misrouted for nearly 2 years — The Portland Press Herald, Oct. 16, 2025
Passamaquoddy Tribe wants to install hundreds of rooftop solar panels. Maine utility says it’s not allowed. — The Portland Press Herald, Aug. 28, 2025
Federal data suggests Maine had the highest electricity hike last year. The picture is not so clear. — The Portland Press Herald, Aug. 5, 2025
Cost of Living:
Report says Hannaford grocery prices are higher in low-income Maine communities — The Portland Press Herald, Jan. 15, 2026
Who gets a raise when Maine’s minimum wages go up Jan. 1? — The Portland Press Herald, Dec. 29, 2025
How Maine’s county budgets affect property taxes — The Portland Press Herald, Dec. 28, 2025
Data Centers:
Another data center proposed, this time in southern Maine — The Portland Press Herald, Feb. 13, 2026
Wiscasset loses ARPA funding after data center proposal, confusion — The Portland Press Herald, Nov. 3, 2025
Large data center could come to Wiscasset — The Portland Press Herald, Sept. 23, 2025
More:
Tracing the hours after a fatal plane crash in Bangor — The Portland Press Herald, Feb. 1, 2026
Amid heightened tensions about ICE, 30 new citizens naturalized in South Portland — The Portland Press Herald, Jan. 16, 2026
Maine reshuffles money to pay for heating aid held up by federal shutdown — The Portland Press Herald, Nov. 5, 2026
Maine’s craft breweries bracing as aluminum tariffs hit can costs — The Portland Press Herald, June 12, 2025