MATTOON, Illinois, Oct. 31 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * More than 4,000 homes and businesses in Oakland community can now access Fidium's all-fiber network * * * OAKLAND, Maine -- Oct. 30, 2024 -- Fidium Fiber has expanded its symmetrical, multi-gig speed internet service to Oakland, as well as parts of Belgrade and Sidney, Maine, making its future-proof fiber network available to more than 4,000 h  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Oct. 31 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * More than 1,500 homes and businesses in Eastport have gained access to Fidium's all-fiber network, with additional expansion coming by year's end * * * EASTPORT, Maine -- Oct. 30, 2024 -- Fidium Fiber has expanded its multi-gig speed internet service to Eastport, Pleasant Point, and parts of Perry, Maine, officially making its future-proof fi  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 31 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00296) on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Request for Proposals for the Sale of Energy from Qualifying Combined Heat and Power Projects Pursuant to P.L. 2023, c. 353 ORDER AWARDING CONTRACT I. SUMMARY Through this ORDER and pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3624, the Commission awards to Ashland CHP LLC (Ashland) a contract for the sale of energy from a combined heat and power   more

MATTOON, Illinois, Oct. 31 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * More than 2,000 homes and businesses in Newport gain access to Fidium's all-fiber network * * * NEWPORT, Maine -- Oct. 30, 2024 -- Fidium Fiber has expanded its multi-gig, symmetrical speed internet service to Newport, and portions of Palmyra Maine, making its future-proof fiber network available to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. Fibe  more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 31 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: In 1954 -- three years before the start of the "space race" between the U.S. and Soviet Union -- the ninth university planetarium in the nation opened in Orono at the University of Maine. It was among the first 20 in the U.S. Built by astronomy professor Maynard F. Jordan, it was a small facility on the second floor of Wingate Hall that only showed stars visible to the naked eye from Earth's surface. That plane  more