Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
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Posted inBusiness
U.S. economy grew at solid pace on strength of consumer spending
The latest figures reflect surprising durability just as Americans assess the state of the economy in the final stretch of the presidential race.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
Former President Clinton to stump for Harris/Walz campaign in Maine on Friday
The details of the visit have not been released, but it will be somewhere in southern Maine.
Posted inMaine, News
Man fatally shot by Franklin County deputy in Phillips
Officials say the man refused to put down his gun and then raised it toward a deputy.
Posted inCommunity
Washington library to launch reading series Nov. 9
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library Reading Series: The Novel in Stories is set to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Bryant Room at the 40 Old Union Road library. Maine writers Cynthia Reeves and Laura Bonazzoli plan to discuss the novel in stories process, a fiction writing form, and read from their work. […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Court oversight of Maine’s mental health services ending after 3 decades
A 1990 consent decree settled a class action lawsuit brought by patients at the former Augusta Mental Health Institute and has served as a legal guidepost for how the state provides care to adults with mental illness.
Posted inCommunity
Bridge clubs recognizes recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Ken Harvey and Diane Bishop finished first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville during the Oct. 29 duplicate bridge session. Lee Lenfest and Lynne Kerschner placed second and Maureen Brochu and Jessie Gunther came in third. Club members were saddened by the death of long-time player Dick Quinlan, a […]
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Harris urges voters to reject Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear
Kamala Harris is urging voters to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear, declaring, ‘It doesn’t have to be this way.’
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Harris promises to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
Kamala Harris aimed to make a broader case for why voters should reject Donald Trump and consider what she offers, and encouraged the crowd to visualize their divergent futures hanging in the balance on Election Day.