To our detriment, birthplace played a powerful role in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
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Biden transition team didn’t wait for verdict to get busy
Longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman had been leading efforts to ensure the former vice president can begin building out a government in anticipation of a victory.
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Maine CDC reports 138 new coronavirus cases, two more deaths
Meanwhile, the University of Maine identifies a cluster of COVID-19 cases involving 10 individuals in facilities management on the Orono campus.
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Mainers say they back mask mandate, even if they won’t follow it to the letter
While they hope the governor’s new order leads to more mask wearing, some admitted they will still take off their masks when it doesn’t seem to make sense to wear them.
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COVID-19: ‘The Bitter End’ for nation’s live music venues?
The New Orleans funk band Galactic bought the decades-old music club Tipitina’s late in 2018 and appeared to be making a success of the venue.
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The ‘two Maines’ disagreed again, but Trump’s support declined in both
The biggest split between Maine’s congressional districts was in the U.S. Senate race.
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OFF RADAR: Novels on Maine Islands
Maine’s islands have made nice, solid settings for novels for a long time, and three recent ones happened to come my way this summer.
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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.
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Cassel, Falquet to perform on Opera House at Boothbay Harbor stage
Hanneke Cassel & Yann Falquet will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Boothbay Harbor. Cassel, a Boston-based fiddler, is a performer, teacher and composer whose career spans over two decades. Her style fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton […]
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Pingree, seeking a seventh term, leads in early election results
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree was leading opponent Jay Allen by 10 percentage points in early results Tuesday night.