(NEWS CENTER) -- Even as oil prices drop, a lot of people are concerned about making it through the winter ahead.
CAPE ELIZABETH (NEWS CENTER) -- All fall -- the United Way has been organizing volunteer groups to help seniors and others to winterize their homes.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Even with oil prices dropping, it's still expensive to keep warm. Just about everyone agrees that home weatherization is the first line of defense.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) - In our Ask The Expert segment, we talked with Maine's Attorney General, Steven Rowe about home heating oil contracts.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Homeowners need to do what they can to make sure their house is buttoned up for the winter.
(NEWS CENTER) -- If you find yourself turning the heat down to save money there are still ways to keep warm.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Heating oil prices may be down from their high last summer -- but lots of mainers will still need help this winter.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Its called the Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Program. And its helping a lot of low and median income families.
Wondering how to go about weatherizing? Or how you can save a little more on your heating or gas bill this upcoming winter?
DAMARISCOTTA (NEWS CENTER) -- A new product sold in Maine is guaranteeing at least a 10% savings on your oil bill this winter.
(NEWS CENTER) -- More People Are Opting For Systems That Promise Big Savings In The Future
(NEWS CENTER) -- If you locked in an oil price this summer, that's what you'll pay even as prices drop.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The sharp drop in oil prices these past few months is leaving some heating fuel customers in Maine and around New England with buyer's remorse.
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine officials have approved new funding formulas that loosen the eligibility requirements for a federal program that provides heating assistance for low-income households.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The heavy frost on the ground this morning was one sure sign that winter's grip is slowly starting to tighten on the northeast.
LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Everyone is worried about the economy and how they are going to get through the winter.
JEFFERSON (NEWS CENTER) -- A group of people in the town of Jefferson have formed a small co-op to get a break on the price of their oil.
(NEWS CENTER) -- There are several places to turn for help keeping warm this winter.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) - Governor Baldacci is holding a seminar Wednesday night offering tips on how Mainers could save money this upcoming winter heating season.
SCARBOROUGH (NEWS CENTER) -- From financial aid to energy audits, homeowners and renters can get advice about how to get through the coming winter at a workshop Monday night.
Saco (NEWS CENTER) -- The city of Saco wants all Mainers to know that there are a number of ways to help pay the heating bill this winter, not just through LIHEAP.
BRISTOL (NEWS CENTER) -- Thousands of Mainer's are working to get their wood in. Some people may wish they'd started sooner.
(NEWS CENTER) -- There appears to be clear, bipartisan support in Augusta for raising additional money for the LIHEAP fuel assistance program.
GORHAM (NEWS CENTER) -- With rising energy costs, people are turning to alternative energy sources, including wood stoves.
ADAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP (NEWS CENTER) -- For years Maine has run a program which allows people to harvest firewood on its public lands for a small fee.
BRIDGTON (NEWS CENTER) -- Karen Hawkins is already getting ready for winter. And that means cutting, splitting and stacking wood.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- With the price of home heating oil still high -- the state is still struggling to put enough oil into the tanks of low income families.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Fraternal Order of Police in Kennebec County is working with United way to provide fire wood to those who need it.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- Officials in southern Kennebec County are thinking about the toll of the high cost of heating oil.
AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) -- Tuesday, city leaders in Auburn outlined some of their plans on how to approach the coming heating season.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Accounting procedures problems lead the state to take over processing applications for fuel assistance program.
BATH (NEWS CENTER) -- Neighbors are helping neighbors in midcoast Maine with a new fuel assistance program.
(NEWS CENTER) -- The State's Efficiency Maine office says there is a "dire need" for more trained and skilled people to work on home weatherization.
