East Machias
MACHIAS — The Washington County Budget Advisory Committee trimmed more than $1 million from the 2027 budget Tuesday, cutting all but $35,333 of that amount from the sheriff’s office budget.
CHERRYFIELD, Maine – Replacing a creosote-treated, 65-year-old dam on the Narraguagus River required general contractor Sargent Corporation to persuade the project’s owner, engineer and permitting agencies to scrap a phased construction plan in favor of routing the entire river through a temporary bypass channel only 20 feet wide.
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Open Table MDI. BAR HARBOR—There are easier ways to spend a Saturday morning than standing in a cold Maine rainstorm with a rake in your hands and there are certainly easier ways to spend that Saturday rather than driving 11 hours from Pennsylvania.
The state ballots are needed for the recount to make sure no municipal ballots were misplaced among them.
STATEWIDE/ELLLSWORTH -- The ranked-choice voting tabulation for the Congressional District Two race continued Tuesday in Augusta. It got Monday morning underway. Staff there worked all day Tuesday. We're told they have gotten through all the write-in ballots. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has predicted that they will know official results...
WHITEFIELD (WGME) -- For as long as she can remember, Bethany Rackliff recalls her father needing a cane. Then crutches, a walker and now a wheelchair. Her father, Paul Rackliff, was 23 when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic auto-immune disease. Paul Rackliff has used the Home and...
Check out this list of concerts coming to the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor in 2027
"Shame on the City of Bangor and the city council for pulling the rug out from under Northeast Pain Management."
WINDHAM (WGME) -- Maine State Representative Barbara Bagshaw is questioning the results of her re-election race after a controversial radio appearance. Speaking to a Bangor radio station, the Republican lawmaker pointed to same-day voter registration lines in Windham, claiming, "Some of them looked foreign." Bagshaw made the comments after she...
A huge upswing in overseas votes with no oversight won several elections for the Democrats in Maine, a report says. At issue is the state’s UOCAVA ballots (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), which allows people who are supposedly citizens of Maine but who are currently living overseas to vote via email, fax, or mail. But the policy has no oversight and allows people who have never lived in Maine, never paid taxes in Maine, and have no intention of living in Maine in the future to vote just because they said they want to.
Amy Collinsworth quit to “pursue an opportunity for advancement in my field,” according to her resignation letter.
The two campgrounds, located in Belfast and Searsport, sold for a total of $2.5 million, according to real estate documents.
"We should prioritize people over property and evidence-based solutions over feelings."
Despite my inability to do a good job reciting the constitutional amendments in 7th grade, it didn't stop me from being fascinated by history
Hannah Pingree is naming her picks to lead her transition into the governor’s office. The governor-elect announced on Tuesday the names of 22 people leading the transition as she prepares to take over for Gov. Janet Mills in January. Many of the people named are outside of state government,...
Some of these towns and cities were a complete surprise
Willard Orr, a World War II soldier missing since the Pearl Harbor attack, will be buried Saturday at Maple Grove Cemetery in Bangor.
Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, "The Things We Never Say," was a contender for this year's Booker Prize.
Don Gallupe, 102, followed the Cole Land Transportation Museum's Freedom Bell through the city on Wednesday.
42.3 driving incidents per 1000 in Maine, 5th worst nationwide. And 4th for accidents.
