WOOLWICH — Incumbent Dale Chadbourne returned to the Woolwich selectboard along with newcomer Allen Greene. Chadbourne and Greene won 1,238 and 703 votes, respectively. Chadbourne has served on the selectboard since 1992, back when selectmen served for only one year at a time. He runs a towing company in Woolwich. Greene, who works as a […]

BOWDOINHAM — Bowdoinham voters elected two new people to the board of selectmen in a three-way race. Jeremy Cluchey won 1,063 votes and David Engler won 860 votes, making them the two newest selectmen. Diana Mosher was also running for one of the two seats available but garnered only 803 votes. Bowdoinham had an 80 […]

CONCORD, N.H. Several of New Hampshire’s top races remained too close to call Wednesday morning, including a U.S. Senate race that was still suspenseful but less significant to the national political scene. The tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan took top billing as one of half a dozen […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Police in Maine have identified a man who was killed when his pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer in the town of Damariscotta. The Portland Press Herald reports that town police Chief Ronald Young says 76- year-old Shannon Gilbert, of Boothbay, died Monday morning in the crash near the intersection of U.S. Route […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who did not support Donald Trump for president, has congratulated him on his victory and says it’s her hope that he will focus on issues that unite people. Collins said in a statement Wednesday that she pledges to work with Trump in that effort. Collins had […]

OLD TOWN (AP) — The Maine fire marshal’s office says no working smoke detectors were found in a home where a woman and two children died in a fire. Authorities identified the victims Tuesday as 34-yearold Maiysha Somers-Jones, 10-year-old Isis Doe and her 8-year-old brother Zebulon Doe. The woman was the girlfriend of the children’s […]

CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — Police say a Croydon woman has surrendered more than 20 Chihuahuas and a cat. Police say the woman handed over the animals on Saturday. New Hampshire Animal Rescue League president Monica Zulauf says some of the dogs are currently in the organization’s care in Bedford. She says two had to be […]

NEW YORK Donald Trump awakened a movement of angry working class voters fed up with political insiders and desperate for change. On Tuesday, that movement propelled him to the White House. Trump’s stunning, come from behind victory over Hillary Clinton — a far more organized and experienced rival — served as a raised middle finger […]

WASHINGTON Conceding his party’s staggering electoral defeat, President Barack Obama today invited President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him to discuss the handover of power from his administration to Trump’s. The White House said Obama called the Republican in the early hours of the morning to congratulate him on his victory in the presidential campaign, […]

From Virginia coal country, as election results trickled in, Jimmy McDonald texted his boss to warn he might need a day off today. Celebrations, it seemed, were in order. “Historic day,” his boss wrote back. “There’s still some good in America,” McDonald responded. Just before midnight, he said he could barely believe it. “The people […]