A total of $2,027,149 in funding has been awarded to 10 Maine agribusinesses and farms through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Value-Added Producer Grant Program.
The 30-turbine wind project planned for Washington County has been in the works since 2013, and could go online by 2023, pending approval for the portion that's in the unorganized territory north of the town of Columbia.
Apex Clean Energy is on track to break ground for its 30-turbine Downeast Wind project in Washington County in 2021. The project represents a private investment of more than $270 million.
Continuing a Maine businessman's tradition that began 26 years ago, Columbia Falls-based nonprofit Wreaths Across America will soon place 9,400 locally made balsam wreaths at the graves of military veterans in the Normandy region of France.