| Kevin Raye outraised incumbent Rep. Mike Michaud during the latest five-week fundraising period, a milestone the Republican's campaign is pointing to as a sign that it's gaining momentum in the race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District. Raye, the Maine Senate president, collected $165,000 in campaign contributions between May 24 and ... read more | comment PORTLAND, Maine — The City Council voted 6-3 against an ordinance banning people from standing on median strips except as necessary to cross the street, a ban that homeless advocates say unfairly targeted homeless people who panhandle on median strips throughout Portland. City Councilor Ed Suslovic said the ordinance was ... read more | comment BUCKSPORT, Maine — A woman who died Saturday in a single-vehicle accident in Bucksport has been identified by police as 47-year-old Lynne Blake of Blue Hill. Police have released few details about the accident, which occurred about 12:15 p.m. Saturday on Route 15 just south of the intersection with Town ... read more | comment BANGOR, Maine — A woman who worked nearly half a century for the city of Bangor, most of the years at Bangor International Airport, died Sunday at her Winterberry Heights home at the age of 77. Constance Ruth Strout spent the last 37 years of her 48 years with the ... read more | comment FALMOUTH, Maine — A local woman hit a concrete barrier at a tollbooth Monday afternoon, flipping her vehicle upside-down but escaping with only minor injuries, WGME TV13 reports. Nancy Lightbody of Falmouth said she is used to driving a standard vehicle, and accidentally stomped on the gas thinking she was ... read more | comment BELFAST, Maine — Ruger always got his man. That's how law enforcement officials around Waldo County remembered the black-and-tan German shepherd that died in June after working for nine years as a police K-9, sniffing out drugs, criminals and lost people around the state. "Ruger was a great dog," Waldo ... read more | comment FRANKLIN, Maine — Two juveniles suffered minor injuries Monday afternoon when the sport utility vehicle one of them was driving ran a stop sign, hit another SUV, then rolled over several times before coming to rest against a tree, according to Maine State Police. The boy and girl, who were ... read more | comment HAMPDEN, Maine — Much of the discussion during Monday night's 100-minute Town Council meeting centered on Town Manager Susan Lessard's dual status as a town and state official. The talk focused on questions regarding Lessard's status as Hampden's town manager and chairwoman of Maine's Board of Environmental Protection and the ... read more | comment ROCKLAND, Maine — The superintendent of the Vinalhaven school system has accepted the top post in the Rockland-area school district. The Regional School Unit 13 board voted unanimously Monday evening to offer the superintendent job to Lewis S. Collins of Readfield. Collins has been superintendent on Vinalhaven for the past ... read more | comment ELLSWORTH, Maine — City councilors on Monday approved the $155,000 purchase of a State Street home to make way for a new driveway to Ellsworth High School. City Manager Michelle Beal said the purchase of the 2.5-acre 277 State St. property will allow the city to eliminate the current high ... read more | comment PORTLAND, Maine — The City Council unanimously passed a number of amendments to city code Monday designed to allow and regulate food trucks in the city. The amendments add food truck vendors to the definition of street vendors and would require each vendor on the peninsula — any area south ... read more | comment | |
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