AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor is slamming Portland’s mayor for proposing to allow some noncitizens to vote in local elections. Gov. Paul LePage in a Wednesday address said he wrote Democratic Mayor Ethan Strimling a letter advising the idea violates state law. The proposal would allow adult noncitizens who are legally present in the […]

BRUNSWICK The Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table will begin its monthly meetings with author and historian Paul Kahan’s presentation “Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Legacy.” The group meets the second Thursday of the month, September through June. The first meeting of the season is 7 p.m. Sept. 13 in […]

BATH B ath was the birthplace and home of the Father of American Mapmaking, Henry Gannett. He was a pioneer, explorer, topographer, civil engineer, author, co-founder of the famous Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. and co-founder and president of the National Geographic Society. These are but a few of the many titles and accomplishments of […]

BRUNSWICK Tractor Supply Company in Brunswick is hosting pet adoptions, a pet supplies drive and more on Saturday, Aug. 25 as part of Out Here With Animals, a monthlong event. On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members and their dogs, cats, pigs, goats and more are invited to make their way to […]

BATH — Midcoast Community Alliance says more than 600 families in Regional School Unit 1 attended the first RSU1 Set for Success on Aug. 19. During the event, students were able to pick out backpacks and school supplies and receive haircuts. Twenty-six local organizations presented information about about school groups and activities, food programs, mental […]

BRUNSWICK The grass still damp below their feet, an allages crowd finally let themselves loose after a half hour of heavy rain, singing and dancing on the Brunswick Mall to Broadway standards performed live. Maine State Music Theatre’s Diamond Jubilee Aug. 13 was a celebration 60 years in the making, and a way for the […]

DES MOINES, Iowa The arrest of a Mexican farmworker in the death of an Iowa college student renewed calls to change immigration laws, but it also focused attention on the immigrant workers whose labor is essential to the state’s agricultural industry. Hours after authorities found the body of Mollie Tibbetts and charged the suspect with […]