City officials initially told the state Republican Party it couldn’t collect signatures for a people’s veto on the use of ranked-choice voting in presidential primaries.
March 2020
TV analyst’s comment triggers resentment among European Tour players
European players may have extra motivation in the Ryder Cup after Paul Azinger refers to their tour as “that European Tour.”
Stuck in the mud at the Topsham polls
One of the entrances to the Topsham Fairgrounds, where voting was held Tuesday, was closed after it turned to mud and officials say they are in search of an alternative polling place.
With clock ticking, Brunswick looking at waste management options
Townwide recycling costs skyrocketed during last year’s budget cycle, and as another, and considerably higher budget season looms, town councilors are looking at future options to avoid another $138,000 recycling increase before the landfill closes next year.
Actress Susan Sarandon spotted in Brunswick, stops at Wild Oats for lunch
Sarandon, who has property on Mount Desert Island is in Maine campaigning for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
Olympics could be postponed until later in the year due to coronavirus
AN IOC spokesman, however, says, “We are going to have the games on the 24th of July.”
Pickerel talk in Brunswick
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s sixth presentation of their 23nd annual Winter Speaker Series, “Redfin Pickerel: Endangered, Elusive & Here!,” features Merry Gallagher, fisheries biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. This event takes place in the Morrill Meeting Room of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. […]
Annual ski trip takes Dike Newell students to the slopes
For the fifth year in a row, Dike Newell School in Bath has received support for the Mt. Abram Ski Club to send second graders to the popular ski resort in Greenwood for a day of snow sports education. “We wanted a way to get kids outside in the winter,” said second grade teacher Sue […]
Gideon casts vote for Biden in Maine primary
The Maine speaker of the House had faced pressure to answer on how she would vote, while Democrats have questioned whether U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will support Trump in November.
Interactive map on Maine Democratic presidential primary
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