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Blue Hill native Darlene Hatch said "I can’t grasp why a few people make it impossible for the rest of us to enjoy a really good restaurant.”
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday that it will hold four recounts next week, three for races for Maine Legislature and one for a Kennebec County commissioner seat after several close finishes in last week’s midterm election. First up will be Maine Senate District 18, which includes parts of Oxford, Androscoggin and Cumberland […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Augusta City Council approved a preliminary agreement with Municipal Waste Solutions to change how trash is handled at Hatch Hill, the regional landfill serving the city and seven surrounding communities. Municipal Waste Solutions would process Augusta’s waste at a facility in Hampden. How the...
Don Gallupe, 102, followed the Cole Land Transportation Museum's Freedom Bell through the city on Wednesday.
After two years of work, Dresden unveiled its veterans memorial in a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 7. Benches sit beside a granite stone engraved with the insignias of the U.S. armed forces branches. Residents gathered in the rain to listen to the memorial’s dedication and background on the Dresden Veterans Memorial Committee, which had been charged with establishing it.
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
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A significant refund is coming to all Central Maine Power customers. A federal ruling found New England power companies were making too much profit on their transmission lines. For CMP though, the refunds come as the company is already looking for a rate increase to pay for...
"Shame on the City of Bangor and the city council for pulling the rug out from under Northeast Pain Management."
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
42.3 driving incidents per 1000 in Maine, 5th worst nationwide. And 4th for accidents.
Some of these towns and cities were a complete surprise
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.
Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, "The Things We Never Say," was a contender for this year's Booker Prize.
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...
"We should prioritize people over property and evidence-based solutions over feelings."
Maine wildlife officials want a subsidiary of energy giant Brookfield Renewable to pay $120,000 for a series of mass fish strandings caused by malfunctions at the Ripogenus Dam near Baxter State Park. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife proposed the payments to compensate for the hundreds of landlocked...
Medicare Advantage members in Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas whose plans end on Dec. 31 can move to Original Medicare and buy a Medigap supplement without being turned down over their health. Insurance regulators in the first three states and a health plan in Texas have each told members about the right, and Maine’s window […] The post Medicare Advantage members whose plans end Dec. 31 in Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas can buy Medigap without being turned down, and Maine’s window runs to March 31 appeared first on The Money Overview .
There’s been a slight improvement in drought conditions in Maine over the past week. Portions of Washington, Hancock and Penobscot Counties have dropped to abnormally dry from the moderate drought level. (Maine Drought Monitor as of November 12, 2026) The entire state continues to be under some level of...
