PORTLAND (AP) — Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Malone says he’s “deeply disappointed” that Mainers voted to legalize gay marriage. The Catholic Church didn’t play an active role in the referendum debate, focusing instead on education. But Malone did issue a statement saying Catholics who support same-sex marriage are “unfaithful to Catholic doctrine.” Maine and Maryland […]

AUGUSTA — Any way you cut it, it’s the end of an era. Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, one of the most enduring and storied politicians in Maine history, lost his bid to return to the Legislature on Tuesday. According to unofficial election results compiled by the Bangor Daily News, Martin earned just 1,771 votes, […]

ST. ALBANS (AP) — Wildlife officials are investigating a poaching incident in central Maine. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says poachers killed at least two deer Monday night in St. Albans, leaving one to rot and dragging the other out of a field and taking it away. Spokesman Doug Rafferty told the Bangor […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — A Maine state Senate candidate’s love of a sometimes violent online role-playing game didn’t prevent her from winning election. The Morning Sentinel reported that Democrat Colleen Lachowicz beat incumbent Republican Thomas Martin Jr. by 913 votes Tuesday in the race for a seat that represents communities in Kennebec and Somerset counties. The […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Light snow or mixed precipitation are expected in southern New Hampshire and parts of Maine as the East Coast prepares for another storm. The storm is expected to arrive late Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory from early evening through Thursday morning for most of New […]

STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Police are investigating after someone spray-painted swastikas on a Stockton Springs church, and the pastor says the church was targeted because of his opposition to same-sex marriage. The blue swastikas were discovered Tuesday on the front door of Stockton Springs Community Church and on two outside signs. Maine voters on Tuesday […]

Results from an Associated Press exit poll of Maine voters in Tuesday’s elections: KING’S STRENGTHS: In the U.S. Senate race, 4 in 10 voters described themselves as independents, and two-thirds of them backed fellow independent Angus King, the winner over Republican Secretary of State Charlie Summers and Democratic state Sen. Cynthia Dill. King, a former […]