WISCASSET — Swastikas spray-painted on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ campaign signs in Franklin, Kennebec and Lincoln counties over the weekend are being treated as a hate crime, according to Maine law enforcement officials. Reports of the symbol of the Nazi party defacing Collins’ signs along Route 27, from Wiscasset to Farmington and in the […]
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Video: Candidates spar in fiery 2nd Congressional District debate
Video supplied by CBS 13 News PORTLAND — Voters were treated to the most lively debate of the campaign season so far as the three candidates for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District took the stage for the first time Tuesday at CBS 13 studios for a televised debate. Republican former State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, Democratic state […]
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New poll shows Michaud has lead over LePage
AUGUSTA — The polling trends in Maine governor’s race remain stable with Democrat Mike Michaud holding an edge over his opponents, according to a recent poll commissioned by the Bangor Daily News. The poll, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs from Oct. 6-12 — the week of the first gubernatorial debates — showed Michaud with 42 […]
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LePage and Christie tour Lewiston after fundraiser
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LePage shares ideas to reduce student debt at UMaine campaign stop
ORONO — Gov. Paul LePage shared two ideas for programs he said would reduce student debt and would encourage graduates to stay in Maine during a campaign stop at the University of Maine on Monday afternoon. Under one idea the governor spoke about, companies that employ Maine graduates would be given the option of buying […]
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Fatal hayride accident in Mechanic Falls draws call for oversight
LEWISTON — In the wake of a hayride accident Saturday that claimed the life of 17-year-old Cassidy Charette of Oakland, state lawmakers were hesitant to say whether Maine’s growing farm entertainment industry should be better regulated when it comes to transporting people on trailers or wagons. Another 22 passengers suffered injuries, many serious, in Saturday’s […]
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LePage helps celebrate groundbreaking for new tissue mill in Baileyville
BAILEYVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage basked in the glow of a bright spot in Maine’s struggling pulp and paper industry Friday, participating in a ceremony marking construction at Woodland Pulp for a new tissue manufacturing plant. Woodland Pulp held a groundbreaking ceremony at its plant to showcase construction of the St. Croix Tissue mill, which […]
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Cutler and Michaud air differences in debate in Lewiston
LEWISTON — An Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce debate featuring two of the three candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor gave voters the first head-to-head comparison of independent Eliot Cutler and Democrat Mike Michaud. The matchup between Cutler and Michaud may prove relevant as the two are closer on most policy issues […]
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Candidates for governor address Lewiston-Auburn forum
LEWISTON — The Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum with two of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates Friday morning at the Ramada Inn Conference Center. Democrat Rep. Mikr Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler attended, but Republican Gov. Paul LePage was unable able to attend. He was at the groundbreaking ceremony of a paper making company […]
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New poll shows LePage leading governor’s race
PORTLAND — A new poll on the race for Maine governor suggests Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a significant lead over the Democratic nominee, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler has nearly 20 percent support. But the poll released Thursday by the Portland-based Pan Atlantic SMS, which surveyed 400 Maine residents in the […]