Maine Department of Energy Resources Survey Shows Heating Fuel Prices Hit Record High

Augusta, MAINE – The Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER) today released the latest weekly survey of Maine heating fuel prices, which shows the average statewide price of heating oil hit a record high of $6.02 per gallon on September 21, an 81 percent increase from this time last year. The previous record for heating oil in Maine was $5.92 per gallon in 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

“These are historic heating oil prices, and Maine families are feeling the impact as we head

Marine Patrol Searching Near Nubble Light for Missing Boater

 CAPE NEDDICK, Maine – The Maine Marine Patrol is searching for 84-year-old Chester Benjamin Wiggins of Bedford, Massachusetts, whose 17-foot Boston Whaler was found Wednesday afternoon by a local resident, overturned on the shore near the Cape Neddick Nubble Light. Mr. Wiggins was last seen Tuesday evening aboard his boat in Cape Neddick Harbor. Marine Patrol began the search yesterday with members of the US Coast Guard and the York Police Department. The Marine Patrol continued the search this morning by plane and along the shoreline but was unable to search by boat due to high seas. York Police Department has deployed drones near Nubble Light and Cape Neddick Harbor. Marine Patrol will continue the search effort in the coming days.

Truliance Consulting Advises Lime Rock New Energy on Acquisition of Holton Concrete Products

Truliance provided buy-side market analysis and operational diligence as HCP Infrastructure acquires the Middle Tennessee precast and pipe manufacturer

PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, September 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Truliance Consulting, an M&A and operational advisory firm serving the precast concrete, concrete, ready-mixm and building materials industries, today announced that it served as

Camden Conference Talk hosted by the Rockland Public Library, Oct 1st

Camden Conference Talk hosted by the Rockland Public Library

US Policy in the Middle East: Seven Months into a Four-Week War

With Christopher Barr presenting 

October 1, 2026, at 6:00pm in the Community Room

Rockland, Maine - Despite numerous assurances early on that the conflict with Iran would be a short one, it has now stretched on for nearly seven months with few signs that there will be a clear and sustainable end to the hostilities. While some aspects of the conflict, including its duration, were clearly foreseeable, others have been less so. Christopher Barr will help to untangle both the predictable and unpredictable knock-on effects of the Trump

MaineDOT Invites Public Input on Machias Environmental Impact Statement Process

MACHIAS – September 22, 2026 — The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will host an in-person public hearing this month as part of the Machias Dike Bridge project regarding the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process. 

This will be the first formal public hearing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Rare 1-in-100-million ‘ghost’ lobster named Casper informs DNA research at University of New England

"Casper", the ghost lobster, at University of New England

Rare white lobster will join first-of-its-kind study exploring the genetic basis of unusual lobster coloration

Animals like Casper capture people’s attention because they are so rare and beautiful. But, for us, they also provide an amazing opportunity to ask fundamental biological questions.”

— Markus Frederich, Ph.D., professor of marine sciences at UNE

BIDDEFORD, ME, UNITED STATES, September 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A rare white lobster estimated to occur in just 1 in 100 million such animals has arrived at the University of New England in Maine, where it

Governor Mills Holds Bilateral Meetings with Montenegro’s Top Leaders

Governor Mills and Major General Dunn have dinner with Maine National Guardsmen currently in Montenegro for training exercise

Podgorica, MONTENEGRO – On the first full day of their visit to Montenegro in commemoration of the 20thAnniversary of the Maine-Montenegro National Guard Partnership, Governor Janet Mills and Major General Diane Dunn held bilateral talks with President Jakov Milatović, Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, Foreign Minister Ervin Ibrahimović, and Defense Minister Dragan Krapović. 

Governor Mills, Major General Dunn, and the Montenegrin officials discussed defense