The freshman Republican says he has passed the $1 million fundraising mark, carrying $700,000 more in his war chest than Democratic challenger Emily Cain.
July 2015
Hermon fire that killed 9-year-old caused by kid’s cooking
A pizza box ignited as one of the children, left alone while their parents ran errands, cooked on the stove.
Waterville’s Ferris wins national Letters About Literature competition
He attends Waterville Junior High School.
Lincoln, of Searsport, formerly of Gardiner, honored
Volunteer receives 20,000 hour James H. Parke Achievement Award by VA Maine Healthcare System.
Gamache recipient of Masonic scholarship
Oakland’s Messalonskee Lodge 113 conducts annual essay contest.
Price of politics: $6.5 million in bonds to preserve Maine land effectively expire
Some land projects stall as Gov. Paul LePage uses the funds as a bargaining chip, and friction with the preservation board mounts.
Two female inmates apparently overdose at York County Jail
Heroin is believed to have been sneaked in by at least one of two women who had been searched when they were booked at the jail in Alfred.
Harper Lee’s second book adds to country’s dialogue on race, draws reaction in Maine
The novel that paints ‘Mockingbird’ hero Atticus Finch as a bigot leads to brisk sales in the state and dramatic readings in Congress Square Plaza.
Police arrest Maine man with painted face, say he smashed a car
Police say the Montville man ‘proclaimed that he was a warrior.’
Another theory on mysterious R.I. beach explosion: Estuary sediment
Methane created by the decay of such sediments can sometimes cause explosions, a phenomenon that has been seen off the coast of Maine.