AUGUSTA, Maine, July 16 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, was one of 50 state legislators chosen nationwide to participate in the 2024 Emerging Legislative Leaders Program, sponsored by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and held at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia from July 8-11. The attendees were chosen based on their demonstrated leadership qualities, such as integrity, compassion and intelligenc  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 16 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on July 15, 2024: * * * Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel led world's only global medical examiner system * * * Governor Janet Mills today swore in Dr. Alice Briones as Maine's Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Briones, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, recently completed a distinguished military career culminating as Director of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES). As Chief Medical Examiner of AFMES, B  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 11 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order approving stipulation (No. 2023-00327): * * * CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Request for Approval of Change of Control ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order, the Commission approves the June 26, 2024, Stipulation entered into by Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCHI), Consolidated Communications of Northern New England   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 10 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00055): * * * NORTHERN UTILITIES, INC. d/b/a UNITIL, Request for Approval of Affiliated Interest Transaction with Granite State Transmission Company ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission grants Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Unitil's (Northern or the Company) request for approval of its request for approval of a one-year extension, through re  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 10 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00113): * * * ZAYO NORTHEAST LLC, Request for Approval of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order, the Commission grants the petition of Zayo Northeast, LLC (the Company) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide facilities-based and resold local exchange telecommunications serv  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 9 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following suspension order (No. 2018-00329): * * * KENNEBUNK LIGHT & POWER DISTRICT, Request for Approval of Tariff Revision Rates SUSPENSION ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners On June 10, 2024, in Docket No. 2018-00329, Kennebunk Light & Power District (the "District") filed revised tariff sheets for Rate Schedule A, Rate Schedule R, and Rate Schedule F. The District states that these revise  more

ORONO, Maine, July 16 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: At their regular meeting today in Orono, the University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to allow the University of Maine (UMaine) to sell the Frederick Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Earlier this year, UMaine issued a competitive request for purchase, lease or creative alternative proposals (RFP) and received multiple offers to buy the property, which includes a   more