In the school board race, Kristin Shumway and Virginia Geyer won seats.
2017
Maine voters overwhelmingly defeat proposal for York County casino
The proposal for a $200 million resort loses by a huge margin despite a two-year campaign and $8.8 million in spending by supporters.
Isgro re-elected mayor in 3-way Waterville race
Democratic challenger Erik Thomas came in second; Levesque, an independent candidate, placed third.
Republicans say they’ll block marijuana bill again if it isn’t overhauled
Without concessions, they promise to continue to thwart a committee’s attempt to legalize recreational marijuana businesses.
JFK files show FBI concerned about Latinos’ political power
Historians say the memo may also show the bureau was working to create tensions among them.
Kennebunkport cat long thought dead found alive 120 miles away
Romeo, who has been missing for more than a year, turned up in Solon.
Maine becomes first state to approve Medicaid expansion by popular vote
With 90 percent of the ballots counted, the proposal to expand Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers had 59 percent of the vote.
In major step, tests of self-driving vehicles to omit backup driver
No human will be behind the wheel on public roads in several cities as Google-created Waymo advances its autonomous experiment.
Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon Jr. dies
He flew around the moon as a crewmate on the Apollo mission in 1969.