The Knights of Columbus line the entranceway of St. Ignatius, Martyr Church in Sanford, Saturday, as parishioners enter for the final Mass. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

Janice Ellen Dufner makes campaign calls from the Saco Bay Democrats’ headquarters in the North Dam Mill in Biddeford on Wednesday. As Election Day nears, campaigns are ramping up their intensity, encouraging residents to go out and vote. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

As Election Day nears, the three leading gubernatorial candidates are stepping up their campaigning in York County as they prepare for the statewide showdown Nov. 2.  The campaigns of independent Eliot Cutler, Democrat Libby Mitchell and Republican Paul LePage are all actively engaged in phonebanking, where groups of volunteers call prospective voters and encourage them […]

Residents in Saco, Dayton and Old Orchard Beach will be asked to vote on a five-year, $54.7 million Thornton Academy contract with Regional School Unit 23 when they go to the polls on Tuesday. The contract between the RSU and the private high school must be approved by voters before it can be finalized, as […]

BIDDEFORD — Independent Shawn Moody handily won the governorship of Maine in the mock elections held Thursday at Biddeford High School. Students favored Moody, with 51 votes, while independent Eliot Cutler came in second at 32 votes and Democrat Libby Mitchell took 26. Republican Paul LePage received 18 votes and independent Kevin Scott got four. […]

Biddeford High School students Dalani Roy, left, and Ryanne Desjardins cast their votes inside the school’s cafeteria on Thursday during a mock election, in which the student body was asked to weigh in on their preferred gubernatorial candidates and opinions regarding upcoming ballot items. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

ARUNDEL — Through signs, letters and conversations with residents, supporters of Bentley’s Saloon have been getting the word out on why they need the land use changes that will go before voters on Nov. 2. On Wednesday, saloon owner Bentley Warren hosted a press conference to publicize his reasons for requesting the changes, which were […]

Bentley Warren, owner of Bentley’s Saloon in Arundel, speaks at his establishment on Wednesday, urging citizens to vote yes on questions 1-7 on the upcoming Arundel ballot, which would alter the land use ordinance to allow the business to increase its occupancy levels. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BANGOR — Eyewitnesses to the shooting deaths of two brother in Biddeford took the stand Tuesday in the second day of Rory Holland’s murder trial at Penobscot County Superior Court. Holland, 56, of Biddeford, is charged with the shooting deaths of Derek Greene, 21, and Gage Greene, 19, both of Biddeford, on South Street on […]

BIDDEFORD — Nearly 200 people attended an informational meeting at City Hall Monday to hear the concerns of those who oppose the creation of a $125 million racino on Andrews Street. Citizens Against a Bad Deal, a grassroots organization that opposes the racino, gathered more than 100 signatures in a petition to have their side […]