BRUNSWICK On the eve of Election Day, Brunswick High School’s student government welcomed Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap to the school library to have a conversation about Maine’s voting process. The school won the honor through a statewide competition called the 2016 Voter Reg Rumble, which invited colleges and high schools statewide to host […]

AUGUSTA Top Democratic officials are accusing Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage of intimidating college students by saying students who vote in the state today will be investigated to make sure they followed state law. The governor’s comment comes after officials at a private liberal arts college in Lewiston said fliers distributed on campus with incorrect […]

BATH Like nearly 100,000 other Americans on a waiting list, Kara Thompson needs a new kidney. Thompson, who lives in Bath with her husband Mike, was born with only one kidney, something she didn’t know until she was 29 years old and doctors discovered the organ was missing. While walking a friend’s dog one day, […]

BRUNSWICK Last summer’s browntail moth caterpillar outbreak is expected to give a repeat performance next year. Maine Forest Service entomologist Charlene Donahue informed more than a dozen local communities in October that she expects a return of the pest, hoping to give property owners and municipalities time to survey their lands and take action. “For […]