Falmouth election clerks await the next wave of voters during a brief lull on Tuesday at Falmouth High School. Staff photo by Ben McCanna Gov. Paul LePage announced he may not certify the results from a historic vote Tuesday because he is opposed to a new way of voting. But Maine’s secretary of state said the […]

With just over half of all precincts counted Tuesday night, Mainers appeared to favor keeping a first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system for statewide races, but the race remained too close to call. Supporters of Question 1 held a 54-46 percent lead with 57 percent of precincts reporting at 12:05 a.m. on a people’s veto that’s being […]

A motorcyclist from Limington died Monday morning after his 2007 Suzuki motorcycle crashed in Baldwin near Sebago Lake. Capt. Donald Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office identified the driver as Morris L. Watson Jr., 42. Watson was not wearing a helmet when his bike, which was traveling west on Route 113, collided with a […]

John D. Williams, the 29-year-old Madison man accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy in late April, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday afternoon in a Portland courtroom. Williams, wearing a blazer, shirt and tie and dress pants, entered the plea in front of Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen. Tuesday’s hearing lasted only a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s triumphant assertions about the success of the unprecedented Singapore summit are being met with skepticism and outright derision from critics seizing on the contradiction between his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and his willingness to accept vague pledges from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. White House officials […]

KENNEBUNKPORT – George H.W. Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday on Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president to turn 94. The nation’s 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospitalwhere he was treated for low blood pressure, said Chief of Staff […]

WATERBORO — Voters in Waterboro approved the municipality’s $6.46 million budget in a referendum on Tuesday — the first-ever after voters agreed to abolish the traditional open Town Meeting a year ago. Slightly more than 25 percent — or 1,265 of the 5,100 eligible voters cast ballots in the referendum. Town Clerk Christine Torno said […]

BIDDEFORD — City Councilor Victoria Foley handily won the Democratic primary for State House District 12, over John Eder on Tuesday. Foley received 384 votes to Eder’s 287. The Democratic nominee for the district, which includes part of Biddeford, said both she and her opponent received the news in a text message at about 8:35 […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from May 18 to June 4, 2018: • Peter Nikitas, 56, of Exeter, Rhode Island, was issued a summons for failure to stop at a stop sign after the above violation was observed on King’s Highway. • Devyn Dupuis, 27, of […]

John D. Williams, the 29-year-old Madison man accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy in late April, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday afternoon in a Portland courtroom. Williams, wearing a blazer, shirt and tie, and dress pants, entered the plea in front of Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen. Tuesday’s hearing lasted only a […]