The campaign cash, more than $1 million in attack ads, comes from Republicans trying to paint front-runner Angus King, a former two-term independent governor, as an unpredictable spender of taxpayer money. “Mainers can’t afford to send this King to Washington,” says one ad, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is spending more than […]

Powered by Tableau AUGUSTA — The contest surrounding a ballot measure asking voters if they favor legalizing same-sex marriage could be tightening, according to a new poll that’s the first to ask respondents the exact wording of the question they will see on the ballot in November. In addition, the poll — conducted by the […]

Election 2012 Maine Politics Our panelists include political observers Michael Cuzzi, Ted O’Meara and Bollard.com blogger and Maine media critic Al Diamon. The topic is open politics, we will take questions from readers online and also discuss recent political news including two new polls released this week that show Maine’s U.S. Senate race may be tightening. Diamon will offer […]

In a letter dated Wednesday, the office told a company official that the firm has breached agreements to protect the Kennebec Arsenal, a National Historic Landmark, from vandals, thieves and weather. The property, located in downtown Augusta across the Kennebec River from the State House, is considered the best surviving example of a 19th century […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR — A Boothbay Harbor man was arrested Wednesday by federal law enforcement authorities and charged with defrauding multiple investors out of approximately $1 million. Garrett L. “Denny” Denniston, 62, who has addresses in Boothbay Harbor and Sandy Hook, Conn., was taken into custody at his Maine residence, according to a press release from […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wildlife officials may ban the use of live bait by ice fishermen on 16 northern Maine lakes to help protect wild brook trout. Mike Brown of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said ice fishermen who dump leftover live bait fish through the ice and into a pond or lake […]

BATH (AP) — The bell in the city-owned clock in Bath’s First Baptist Church is ringing again after more than two years of silence. Although the 157-year-old clock has not chimed in some time, the city council approved funds for repairs just this summer. Balzer Family Clock Works of Freeport promptly took care of matters, […]