The last of the ballots from Maine’s towns and cities were delivered Monday to the makeshift headquarters of the secretary of state’s ranked-choice tabulation center.
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Massachusetts utilities sign deal key to CMP power line project through Maine
The distribution companies agree to 20-year contracts for power coming through a 145-mile corridor from Hydro-Quebec in Canada.
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As Maine shifted priorities, southern New England seized on offshore wind
Ambitions to lead in ocean energy are being realized in Massachusetts and beyond.
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George Gervais to step down as state’s economic development chief
The longest-serving commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Gervais will resign June 22.
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Mainers going to polls in first statewide test of ranked-choice voting
On Tuesday, voters will select Republican and Democratic nominees for governor, and decide the fate of the ranked-choice system itself.
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Maine begins putting ‘non-binary’ on driver’s licenses for those not ‘F’ or ‘M’
It becomes the third state to offer the designation, after Ian-Meredythe Dehne Lindsey of South Portland, who identifies as neither female or male, filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission.
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Man who dismembered father granted time outside Riverview
Leroy Smith III, found not criminally responsible in the 2014 killing, has been permitted closely supervised time in the community.
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Maine’s highest court rules in favor of public access to state’s online court records
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley says the court opted for a system that would mirror the federal courts’ electronic access to the public.
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Child endangerment charge against father of toddler rescued from Kennebec River dismissed
Christopher Norwood, of Augusta, successfully completed a yearlong deferred disposition in the criminal case, which required him to complete a parenting course.
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Woman arrested in Augusta on New York murder charge
Yashonia M. Davis is accused in the death of Abraham Caraballo.