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Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station, including 2 who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Today’s the last day for most Maine residents to vote early or request an absentee ballot
Voters may still request an absentee ballot after Thursday, but they would need to have special circumstances such as an unexpected hospitalization.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Election 2024, News, Oxford Hills
Bethel resident, Maine Senator and longtime legislator running for county commission
Walker will face off against a Republican challenger, Sen. Lisa Keim (R-Oxford), who is currently finishing up her final term representing District 19 in the Maine Senate. Sawin Millet is running unopposed.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford County Jail set to open in December
The inmate population has also “exploded” to 86, the highest it has been in 20 years, and the jail will only have 47 beds available when it reopens.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Paris voters reject land disposal policy
Some residents’ concerns included the perceived rush to sell the property and the lack of adequate advertising of the special meeting by the town.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Hannaford recalls seafood salad for possible allergen mislabeling
Twelve-ounce packages of the salad sold from Oct. 26-29 – and with sell-by dates of Nov. 13 and 14 – may be missing the ‘soy’ allergen label.
Posted inNation / World, News
North Korean troops in Russian uniforms are heading toward Ukraine, U.S. says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that officials are discussing what to do about the deployment, which he called a dangerous and destabilizing move.
Posted inNews
Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira
In a court document, prosecutors say the Massachusetts Air National Guard member ‘perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.’
Posted inMaine, Politics
How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting
Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.