AUGUSTA — The prospective buyer of a company planning to build a natural gas pipeline through the Kennebec Valley region plans to spend $150 million on a massively expanded project.

“Our problem is that the top 1 percent of Americans take in a quarter of this nation’s riches, and continue to see their fat incomes grow, while 99 percent of us watch our income and quality of life fall off a cliff.” — State Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, speaking at the Maine Democratic Convention. […]

While voter turnout for Tuesday’s elections was abysmal statewide, central Maine’s core municipalities reported turnout ranging from low to normal.

A former Hallowell mayor and state legislator won the Democratic primary for Senate District 21.

A state representative will be the Republican State Senate nominee for District 20 after a landslide victory, according to unofficial results.

While voter turnout for Tuesday’s elections was abysmal statewide, central Maine’s core municipalities reported turnout ranging from low to normal.