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James Page doesn’t have the typical background of the CEO of an established Maine company. Page holds an MIT doctorate in philosophical foundations of mathematics, or what he calls “an obscure branch of mathematical logic,” a field so specialized that only a handful of universities offer degrees in it. After holding professorships in Boston, New Hampshire and Kansas, Page decided to return to his native Maine, but without any clear plan for how to do it. The number of available teaching jobs in Maine was “about zero,” as he put it.

Massachusetts' commitment gives Maine the potential partner it needs to make the project a reality. More on Boston.com.

The 15.2-square-mile site is 29 miles from Cape Small in Sagadahoc County, 23 miles from Monhegan, and 45 miles from Portland.

Maine counties chafe at lower-than-expected payments from wind farms Source: By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News • Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2021 Turbines in the Bull Hill Wind project in Township 16 in Hancock County rotate in the breeze in this May 2018 file photo. TerraForm, which owns and operates the project, is one of multiple wind farm operators in Maine to request tax abatements in recent years, which has reduced the amount of revenue counties have received as part of tax increment-financing agreements. Credit: Bill Trotter / BDN For nearly two decades, commerci...