The New Orleans funk band Galactic bought the decades-old music club Tipitina’s late in 2018 and appeared to be making a success of the venue.
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The ‘two Maines’ disagreed again, but Trump’s support declined in both
The biggest split between Maine’s congressional districts was in the U.S. Senate race.
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OFF RADAR: Novels on Maine Islands
Maine’s islands have made nice, solid settings for novels for a long time, and three recent ones happened to come my way this summer.
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Trump falsely claims victory, seeks to stop ‘all voting’ — but only counting remains
President Trump says he’ll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.
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Cassel, Falquet to perform on Opera House at Boothbay Harbor stage
Hanneke Cassel & Yann Falquet will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Boothbay Harbor. Cassel, a Boston-based fiddler, is a performer, teacher and composer whose career spans over two decades. Her style fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton […]
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Pingree, seeking a seventh term, leads in early election results
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree was leading opponent Jay Allen by 10 percentage points in early results Tuesday night.
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Coronavirus, economy topped list of Mainers’ concerns heading into elections
With COVID-19 surging in Maine, the majority of local participants in The Associated Press’s national survey said the virus was ‘not at all under control’ in the U.S. and strongly disapproved of President Trump’s handling of the pandemic.
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Gunman in Vienna attack had sought to join IS
The 20-year-old man, armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest, fatally shot four people before he was killed by police.
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State’s high court upholds murder conviction of man who killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions and sentences for John D. Williams, who shot and killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole, and of Kandee Weyland, who killed her ex-husband in front of their two children.
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Fauci is tough to fire despite chants from Trump crowd
It’s not the first time the president has speculated about firing his top public health official.