The former state party chair says the independent candidate can bridge differences.

He says he would study issues carefully and seek ‘Maine-based’ solutions to the state’s problems.

AUGUSTA – The five candidates on the ballot for governor met in Maine’s capital city Saturday night for the first of two Great Debates, setting up the grinding final six weeks of the campaign as a spirited political sprint to Nov. 2.

The debate, sponsored by MaineToday Media and its media partners WGME-TV and WGAN radio, was broadcast statewide. The debate was open to the public, and attracted backers of the leading candidates.

The campaign for Maine governor has begun. The five candidates lashed out at each other during the first live televised debate tonight, while also exposing sharp differences on issues such as the state budget, jobs and campaign tactics. Most evident during the hour-long debate was a three-way battle among Republican Paul LePage, Waterville mayor and […]

The ‘tireless’ elementary school teacher manages to ‘create magic ever day.’

CLINTON — The owners of a controversial horse farm have been charged with animal cruelty, the district attorney’s office said Tuesday.

Cummings, who started his career as a teacher in Gorham, holds a federal education post.