Natural Gas Opponents Pack the Virtual House in Rockland
Summit lays out midcoast pipeline plan in first public forum
by Ethan Andrews Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:39 PM
Editor s note: On the day this article was published, Summit Natural Gas sent a letter to municipal officials announcing it would not go forward with its planned midcoast expansion. Kurt Adams, president and CEO of parent company Summit Utilities, wrote: While there is strong interest in our service among residential and commercial customers and among many community leaders, it has also become clear that a consensus about the region’s energy future does not currently exist among leaders across all area communities.
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Virtual 2021 Kenney Awards to be celebrated March 26
Event hosted by the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards, the Kenney Awards, will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 26. To ensure the community and the deserving winners and finalists can be celebrated safely, the 2021 Kenney Awards, presented by Kennebec Savings Bank, will be held virtually. Tickets for the event are on sale on the Kennebec Valley Chamber’s website, according to a news release from the chamber based in Augusta.
The Kenney, named for the region it hails from, is awarded annually to area businesses and professionals that are deserving of the community’s attention and recognition. The Kenney’s will recognize six awardees, with three of the awards being determined by live voting at the event.
George Smith: Real Mainers never throw anything away
Clothes, books, fly rods - we can t seem to part with any of them.
By George Smith
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Longtime columnist George Smith, whose work filled this space every Wednesday for three decades, died Feb. 12. For the next several weeks, we will reprint some of George’s best columns. Here’s one from Sept. 2, 2020.
Real Mainers never throw anything away. I got that gene from my dad.
I was amused by a recent story in this newspaper about a new project by the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments and New Hampshire’s Apparel Impact to collect old clothes and recycle or give them away (“New textile recycling program places bins across Kennebec Valley,” Aug. 12).
By Staff
Even as Central Maine Power Co. starts construction of a 145-mile electricity transmission line through the western part of the state, a potential referendum that could block the project has taken a step toward a statewide vote.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in a news release Monday that her office received 80,506 valid signatures in petitions backing the citizens initiative, more than enough for it to advance. The Maine Legislature will now consider the proposal, and can enact it as written or place it on the Nov. 2 general ballot.
Opponents of the $950 million project in January submitted 95,622 signatures, of which 15,116 were found not valid. A citizens referendum currently requires a minimum of 63,067 valid signatures from registered Maine voters in order to be considered.