LEWISTON — In a wholly unscientific but decidedly sweet sampling of voter preference, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was leading in a dough-slide Tuesday afternoon. LePage’s likeness, or at least his photo baked on top of a sugar cookie, was the favorite for patrons of Grant’s Bakery on Sabattus Street in the bakery’s Election Day cookie […]
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Dump truck backs over, kills construction worker
YORK — A construction worker was killed Tuesday morning on the Maine Turnpike when a dump truck backed over him at a job site, according to police. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the accident took place around 11:30 a.m. in a southbound lane by the York River Bridge, which had already […]
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Voters and candidates mingle at Lewiston-Auburn polling places
LEWISTON — Voters were walking the gauntlet of candidates, including some running for statewide offices, at the Longley School in the downtown Tuesday morning as poll workers handled a steady stream of people casting their ballots. “Something you said really resonated with me,” one man, leaning on a cane as he entered the building told […]
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Carts of food to be disposed of after four Hannaford stores lose power
BANGOR — Power outages at four Hannaford stores will force the company to dispose of thousands of pounds of food. Power was knocked out at Hannafords on Hogan Road and Broadway in Bangor, as well as the company’s supermarkets in Old Town and Ellsworth, during a Nov. 2 snowstorm that left more than 140,000 Mainers […]
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Power outages could impact voting sites throughout state
AUGUSTA — A snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow on much of the state and knocked out power to thousands of people could also impact Tuesday’s election. The Secretary of State’s office is working in conjunction with Central Maine Power and Emera Maine to assess if any polling sites have been affected […]
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Angus King: Cutler supporters have choice between ‘protest vote’ and ‘making a difference’ by backing Michaud
SKOWHEGAN — Whoever would vote for independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler must ask themselves whether they want to cast a symbolic vote, or make a difference in the election to decide who will occupy the Blaine House for the next four years. That was the message Monday from independent U.S. Sen. Angus King, who joined […]
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Yes on 1 spokesman charged with shooting a weapon from a vehicle while hunting grouse
A Maine hunter featured on Yes on 1 ads in support of the bear referendum has been accused of using non-fair chase tactics while hunting ruffed grouse. Joel Gibbs, 56, of Lowell, was charged with shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle on Oct. 17 in Masardis, a small town in Aroostook County, after game […]
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North to Augusta: The makeup of the next Maine Senate key, the end is near and vote!
Nothing says the end of fall like setting the clocks back an hour and the return of the regular, annoying television ads instead of the barrage of political hatchet jobs we’ve been subjected to the past few weeks. So, happily, it’s Election Day — and hopefully by day’s end, we will know who Maine’s governor […]
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Auburn independent attacks PAC spending on ‘clean election’ candidates
AUBURN — An independent candidate running for the Maine Legislature attacked one of his opponents and four other Democratic candidates in a full-page advertisement Monday, stating the group was “dirty, rotten, crooked” and “cheaters” by benefiting from outside money while running as Clean Election candidates. The print advertisement, which was published on Page C2 of […]
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For deer hunters, season looks mighty promising
Contrary to a recent press release issued by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheres and Wildlife, Maine’s 2014 firearms season for deer kicks off with a Maine residents only on Nov. 1, not Nov. 2. Starting the following Monday, Nov. 3, the deer season is open to all licensed big game hunters. ( If you […]