WATERVILLE, Maine, Aug. 23 -- Colby College issued the following news: Talk with Gabriella Johnson and you may never view the sea the same way again. That's what's happening for her as she works on her Ph.D. dissertation, "Galatea's Realm: The Art of Coral, Shells, and Marine Fossils in Early Modern Sicily, Naples, and the Maltese Islands." Her study helped her win the 2023-24 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Established in 1894, the academy is one of the United States' oldest ce more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order finding default (No. 2023-00048) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Investigation of Damage to Underground Facilities for 2022 ORDER FINDING DEFAULT BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Pursuant to Chapter 895, Section 7(B)(1)(e) of the Commission's rules, the Commission finds AG Excavation & Landscaping (Respondent) in default on damage prevention inc more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order finding default (No. 2023-00048) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Investigation of Damage to Underground Facilities for 2022 ORDER FINDING DEFAULT BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Pursuant to Chapter 895, Section 7(B)(1)(e) of the Commission's rules, the Commission finds OTELCO (Respondent) in default on damage prevention incident NOEI #22-313 an more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order finding default (No. 2023-0048) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Investigation of Damage to Underground Facilities for 2020 ORDER FINDING DEFAULT BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Pursuant to Chapter 895, Section 7(B)(1)(e) of the Commission's rules, the Commission finds Stone Brook Estates (Respondent) in default on damage prevention incident NOE more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order finding default (No. 2023-00048) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Investigation of Damage to Underground Facilities for 2020 ORDER FINDING DEFAULT BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Pursuant to Chapter 895, Section 7(B)(1)(e) of the Commission's rules, the Commission finds Superior Fence (Respondent) in default on damage prevention incident NOEI #2 more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order finding default (No. 2023-00048) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Investigation of Damage to Underground Facilities for 2022 ORDER FINDING DEFAULT BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Pursuant to Chapter 895, Section 7(B)(1)(e) of the Commission's rules, the Commission finds Tourtelotte Excavating (Respondent) in default on damage prevention incident more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following suspension order (No. 2023-00051) on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * NORTHERN UTILITIES, INC. d/b/a UNITIL Petition for Approval of Rate Change (35-A M.R.S. Sec. 307) SUSPENSION ORDER NO 2 On May 1, 2023, Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Until (Northern) filed a request to increase its natural gas distribution rates under 35-A M.R.S. Sec.Sec. 307 and 312 and Chapters 110 and 120 of the Commission's Rules. The Commission more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Through a four-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, South Dakota State University will partner with universities from the far-corners of the United States to improve electrical grids with an emphasis on underserved, rural communities. The project, titled "STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change, more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: This fall, the University of Maine at Farmington is offering a new online Employment Specialist Certificate for individuals who work closely with people with disabilities and other limiting conditions to help them secure meaningful jobs. An Employment Specialist works with clients in a variety of settings to help them obtain and maintain employment consistent with their career goals. For example, more PR

ORONO, Maine, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: About 13,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, glaciers that pushed arctic plant life across the northern hemisphere receded and left some behind on mountain tops in the Northeastern U.S. The alpine plants -- now far away from their original tundra habitats -- have endured millenia of extreme seasonal climate changes and several warm periods, despite living at the edge of their species range and more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The Biden administration has set a goal of deploying enough offshore wind turbines to produce 30 gigawatts--enough to power tens of millions of homes--by 2035. Key to that strategy is the development of floating wind turbines that can be built in vast areas of deeper water. Backed by a U.S. Department of Energy grant, a team of University of Rhode Island researchers is working with colleagues  more PR