AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 23 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: Governor Janet Mills has ordered that the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide this Friday, October 25, 2024 in remembrance and honor of those lost, injured, and impacted by the tragedy in Lewiston last year. This Friday will mark one year since the shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston that took the lives of eighteen pe  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00136) on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * SUMMIT NATURAL GAS OF MAINE INC., Request for Approval of Tariff Changes to Implement Gas Cost Adjustment Mechanism ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order, the Commission approves the Corrected Stipulation filed on October 16, 2024/1 (the Stipulation) entered into by Summit Natural Gas of Mai  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00212) on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * NORTHERN UTILITIES, INC. d/b/a UNITIL, Request for Approval of Proposed 2023 - 2024 Winter Period Cost of Gas Factor Rates (35-A M.R.S. Sec.4703) ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission approves Northern Utilities d/b/a Unitil's (Northern or the Company) proposed Cost of Gas Factor (CGF) Rates for the 2024 - 2025   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The storied military tradition of brass and percussion comes to the Moss Arts Center stage with a free performance by Heritage Brass, a pioneering symphonic brass ensemble representing Air Force professionals serving across the globe, on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Heritage Brass performances are both exhilarating and intimate. With 10 brass players and a percussionist, the ensemble performs throughout the East Coast,  more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 24 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: Higher education leaders representing Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont met in Kennebunkport, Maine, this month to discuss strategies to improve higher education access and affordability for every New Englander who seeks it and alignment of higher education with the evolving needs of the region's workforce. The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) also ho  more