The standard offer is a pretty good deal. Alternative suppliers have been known to publicly complain that they can't compete with it. Like it's not fair to them. AFAIK the only ways to beat it are a solar system or a subscription to a community solar project.

NAL, but enforcing deed restrictions is up to the entity that put the restrictions in place. If that entity is a person you might just ask them about it. I know someone who has property with restrictions put in place by a land trust. They can ask the trust to modify the covenants, no guarantee that it will happen. Try the simplest solution first and see what happens.

The bonds are state issued and ultimately guaranteed by the state so the interest rate will be very low. That's the key to making the numbers work. The interest rate will be roughly half of what the utilities GUARANTEED profit margin is. That's fairly simple math in favor of the takeover.

I hope you file a complaint with the Maine Attorney General's office on the contractor. You might look into a self storage unit for practice space.

VIP is the worst but plenty of other places will do the same thing. Sullivan Tire has a similar reputation. Some places pay a commission to the inspector for work generated by the inspection. So they get a bonus for finding problems with your car. Rowell's in Dover Foxcroft is a great place but a little far from Newport. You want to bring your car to a small independent shop, not a chain.

Wouldn't want people who work on Main Street to be able to live there would we?

I hate their commercials but I got a great deal on car, bike and homeowners insurance from Liberty Mutual. I called Charlie Longo in Bangor.

Don't complain on Reddit, complain to the Mayor's office.

Not a dumb idea at all.

Not a lawyer but my MIL got a bill 16 months after a hospital visit and I wrote them a letter saying "too f***ing late" in more polite terms. Never got a reply and never got another bill. It's worth a try. I wouldn't just blow it off, they will send it to collections and you don't want to deal with that.

Same here. Watching the Bruins and Celtics and using my phone on Reddit courtesy of Spectrum internet.

CMP will take care of it but you will have to be patient and persistent. They might have to be reminded of it.

Yes. For 3 grand you should be able to get a pellet stove or a heat pump and be better off than using oil.

My minimum for Versant is $6 and change but it doesn't include any power supply. We've had the system for a few years so maybe we are grandfathered into a lower minimum charge.

If you are in a city with a health department go there. You can call 211 and see if they have any suggestions. For anything, 211 is a good resource. Tbh they get half their answers from Google but it's a free call.

Nobody can answer this question because unless they are at Renys right now nobody knows what knives they have in stock. And whatever they do have might be gone tomorrow.

No. Walmart has junk. Renys is a crap shoot. Buyer beware but they have good deals on quality stuff. You never know what they will have, inventory changes all the time. Most stuff is better than what Walmart or Mardens has on the shelf.

Sorry to say it's all protected free speech. The only way I know to cut down on the mail you receive is to contact both political parties and ask to be taken off the mailing list. Tell them you know who you are voting for and they aren't going to change your mind. They will most likely ask who and it won't hurt to be honest. They don't want to waste money on decided voters. This won't help with unaffiliated groups that are working independently of the major parties. The other strategy is to vote absentee as early as possible. That won't affect mail but might cut down on robocalls. Although those seem to be less of an issue this year.

Sorry to say this but Poloquin certainly does have a chance to win that race. I think Jared Golden is a much better person to represent CD2 but that district voted for trump by 7 points. Poloquin would not be getting millions of dollars in direct and indirect spending if he didn't have a realistic chance. The R candidate in CD1 isn't getting that support because he doesn't have a chance.

I've had a few interactions with Poliwog and that ad is him.

Because it's nearly impossible to make Bruce Poloquin look good. Poloquin's only chance to win is to bring Jared down to his level.