Stu Marckoon

Power Updates (Augusta) - More than 130-thousand Mainers spent a 3rd night without electricity following Monday's powerful wind storm.  That's down from a quarter million statewide yesterday.  Central Maine Power company spokeswoman Gail Rice says luckily the cold weather has not hit Maine. CMP still had about 107-thousand customers out early this morning, and Emera Maine … [Read more...] about Local News – November 2, 2017

Power Restoration     (Bangor) - Linemen in bucket trucks continue the slow task of sawing away trees hanging on broken power lines, replacing shattered poles, and resetting fuses to restore electricity to nearly a million people who lost power in Monday's wind storm.  For many it won't be until Friday that they get power back.  Emera Maine reported more than … [Read more...] about Local News – November 1, 2017

Power Outages (Bangor) - Just under 60-thousand Emera Maine customers spent the night without electricity.  That's an improvement from the height of yesterday's wind storm where more than 80-thousand customers lost electricity.  Central Maine Power reports 344-thousand outages overnight.  Emera Maine spokesman Bob Potts tells Star 97-7 customers have kept operators busy asking … [Read more...] about Local News – October 31, 2017

Wind Storm (Bangor) - Utility company crews will hit the bucket trucks across Maine today to restore power after heavy winds early this morning brought down trees over power lines.  Emera Maine reported more than 49-hundred outages and growing early this morning, the bulk of them in Hancock County. Central Maine Power was much harder hit, with about 75-thousand outages early … [Read more...] about Local News – October 30, 2017

Park Fees (Bar Harbor) - An advocacy group that supports Acadia National Park says it plans to comment on proposed steep fee increases.  Friends of Acadia said it supports more funding to maintain the park, but the proposed increase may be too much and end up decreasing federal park funding.  The proposal from the federal government is to raise park entrance fees at the most … [Read more...] about Local News October 27, 2017