ShareMaine’s burgeoning solar industry is up in arms, after many developers received emails from Central Maine Power last week indicating that their projects are causing technical problems at substations that could require costly upgrades.The controversy is erupting as scores of solar developers are building and proposing projects in Maine worth hundreds of millions of dollars.The is being spurred by recent state policies and laws aimed at encouraging a rapid shift from oil and gas to renewable electric power for running cars and heating buildings. The state’s new  a blueprint for how...…ShareMaine’s burgeoning solar industry is up in arms, after many developers received emails from Central Maine Power last week indicating that their projects are causing technical problems at substations that could require costly upgrades.The controversy is erupting as scores of solar developers are building and proposing projects in Maine worth hundreds of millions of dollars.The is being spurred by recent state policies and laws aimed at encouraging a rapid shift from oil and gas to renewable electric power for running cars and heating buildings. The state’s new  a blueprint for how...WW…

ShareA Whitefield restaurant that served a crowded roomful of unmasked diners with no social distancing and even offered an open-air buffet is among 65 Maine businesses that have now been cited by Maine health authorities for violating rules intended to prevent COVID-19 infections.A review of state data provided to the Portland Press Herald found that nearly a dozen new “imminent health hazard” citations were issued to Maine businesses in the first two weeks of December, and about 40 businesses have been cited since Oct. 1. The citations were issued by the Maine Department of Health and...…ShareA Whitefield restaurant that served a crowded roomful of unmasked diners with no social distancing and even offered an open-air buffet is among 65 Maine businesses that have now been cited by Maine health authorities for violating rules intended to prevent COVID-19 infections.A review of state data provided to the Portland Press Herald found that nearly a dozen new “imminent health hazard” citations were issued to Maine businesses in the first two weeks of December, and about 40 businesses have been cited since Oct. 1. The citations were issued by the Maine Department of Health and...WW…