{"id":104389,"date":"2026-10-15T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soaring-heating-oil-prices-put-struggling-maine-families-in-a-bind-as-winter-nears-how-are-we-going-to-stay-warm\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:59:41","slug":"soaring-heating-oil-prices-put-struggling-maine-families-in-a-bind-as-winter-nears-how-are-we-going-to-stay-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soaring-heating-oil-prices-put-struggling-maine-families-in-a-bind-as-winter-nears-how-are-we-going-to-stay-warm\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaring heating oil prices put struggling Maine families in a bind as winter nears: &#8220;How are we going to stay warm?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>In Freeport, Maine, Chris and Cheryl Oliver are making tough choices as they try to make ends meet on roughly $60,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Am I going to get food this week, or am I going to get gas this week?&#8221; Cheryl Oliver told CBS News. <\/p>\n<p>Then came another blow. Just as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-russian-diesel-imports-prices\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">diesel<\/a><\/span> and gas prices <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/september-cpi-report-inflation-energy-costs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have risen<\/a><\/span> considerably since the start of the Iran war, the price of heating oil in Maine has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/energy\/heating-fuel-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soared<\/a>\u00a0from $3.34 per gallon one year ago to $5.97 today, a jump of roughly 79%.<\/p>\n<p>The Olivers qualified for 100 gallons of free heating oil through a local community center, help worth about $700. Unfortunately, it still won&#8217;t get them through the winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was panicking, like, how are we going to fill our tank and how are we going to stay warm?&#8221; Cheryl Oliver asked. <\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, more than 4 million households use heating oil as their primary fuel source, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and of those, 82% are concentrated in the Northeast.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Tony DiMarco, cofounder of the Freeport Wood Bank, a food pantry of sorts for firewood, said the demand right now is &#8220;extremely high.&#8221; Donations keep it running.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think people fully recognize how big of an impact it&#8217;s going to have when heating oil costs twice as much as it did last year, and people are already spending as much as they did last year,&#8221; DiMarco said. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t think people fully grasp the severity of the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Freeport Wood Bank is one of about 17 similar wood banks across the state. 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