Clocks should be set back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, as Daylight Saving Time ends. Public safety departments are reminding people to also change their batteries in smoke detectors.

Pat LaMarche, the Green Party candidate for governor, believes the key to fixing what ails the state – from high taxes to the loss of good-paying jobs – is universal health care, paid for with a 5 to 12 percent tax on payroll, including the government’s. The former radio personality, who is making her second […]

In about two weeks, voters in Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland will go to the polls and make some important decisions, selecting town councilors, legislators, a governor and deciding the fate of a ballot initiative that could have a big effect on government and taxation in this state. Maine’s at a critical point. It […]

The American Journal will continue its election coverage in next week’s issue. It will include profiles of Maine House District 130 candidates Dave Farrington and Ryan Harnden, and Maine House District 131 candidates Bonita Brault and Donald Mareau. Also to be profiled are 1st Congressional District candidates Tom Allen, Darlene Curley and Dexter Kamilewicz; and […]

Bob Ray had to climb through a window to his Westbrook office last week after the new owner changed the locks on the tenants. Ray shares a space with Fred Writt, owner of Postal Express, a bulk mailing service, located – for the moment – in the old Sebago Moccasin building off Bridge Street, next […]

The Maine Department of Transportation is once again inviting fourth graders across the state to participate in the Backseat Driver Poster Contest. Students are asked to design a poster with an accompanying slogan that encourages safe driving in work zones. During the past 10 years, more than 7,000 work zone related crashes in the state […]

The Maine Department of Transportation is once again inviting fourth graders across the state to participate in the Backseat Driver Poster Contest. Students are asked to design a poster with an accompanying slogan that encourages safe driving in work zones. During the past 10 years, more than 7,000 work zone related crashes in the state […]

Andrew Gleason, 16, of Gorham, Cheverus High School Class of 2008, has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognized Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was presented by The Prudential Spirit of […]

Buxton voters will be asked in a referendum on Election Day, Nov. 7, to rezone a part of Buxton Center so SAD 6 could buy land for a new elementary school. At the request of the school district, the town’s selectmen sent the proposed zone change to voters. The measure would switch a portion of […]

Buxton voters will be asked in a referendum on Election Day, Nov. 7, to rezone a part of Buxton Center so SAD 6 could buy land for a new elementary school. At the request of the school district, the town’s selectmen sent the proposed zone change to voters. The measure would switch a portion of […]