Brandon Hall, 28, died at the scene on Route 133.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Susan Collins wins 5th Senate term as Sara Gideon concedes
Collins won the election not only by capturing clear majorities in hundreds of Maine’s more conservative, rural communities, but she also appeared to eat into Gideon’s margins of victory in traditional Democratic strongholds.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Democrats retain control of the Maine Legislature
While the balance of power in the House shifted slightly to the right, incomplete returns suggest Democrats will gain one seat in the Senate and remain in control of the Legislature for the next two years.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots
Five more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine reports 151 COVID cases, another daily record
The state’s CDC plans to increase its contact-tracing staff. as the seven-day average for new COVID cases in Maine has tripled in the past month.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. formally exits Paris pact that aims to curb climate change
The move, long threatened by President Trump and triggered by his administration a year ago, further isolates Washington in the world.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Uncategorized
Trump falsely claims victory, seeks to stop ‘all voting’ — but only counting remains
President Trump says he’ll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: U.S. tops 100,000 virus cases in a day for first time
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inElection 2020, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Political newcomer Allen wins at-large seat on Augusta City Council
Courtney Allen squared off against former City Councilor Harold Elliott Jr. for the at-large spot vacated by Darek Grant.