Staff and candidates share their attempts to reach constituents.
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Senator Collins visits Volk Packaging in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — On Sept. 3, U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited Volk Packaging, a third-generation corrugated box manufacturer, to tour their facility and speak with employees. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been deemed a federally designated essential manufacturer and supplies corrugated shipping containers to food and medical suppliers, according to a press release from […]
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Topsham’s old high school coming down
Mt. Ararat High School has a new state-of-the-art high school that opened to students Tuesday, and contractors are tearing down the old school to make way for a track and competition athletic field.
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U.K. judge rejects bid to delay Assange extradition hearing
The WikiLeaks founder is fighting American prosecutors’ attempt to send him to the U.S. to stand trial on spying charges.
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Hospital: Russian activist out of coma, is responsive
Chemical weapons experts say Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent.
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On this date in Maine history: Sept. 7
Sept. 7, 1943: In the midst of World War II’s Italian campaign, a former Maine governor, William Tudor Gardiner, takes part in a secret mission to meet with Italian generals before the Italians strike an armistice with the United States. Italian forces smuggle Gardiner, then a U.S. Army colonel, and Army Brig. Gen. Maxwell Taylor, […]
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More than 200 airlifted to safety from California wildfire
As of Sunday morning, the Creek fire in Sierra National Forest has burned 36,000 acres.
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States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid
Reserve funds are dwindling as governors and lawmakers address declining tax revenue and increased costs caused by the pandemic.
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Dozens arrested as violent Portland, Ore., protests continue
Earlier Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in a park in Vancouver, Washington, for a memorial service for the Patriot Prayer member who was killed Aug. 29 in Portland.
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Pandemic turns summer into European tourism’s leanest season ever
Hotels, restaurant, tour operators, train travel and airlines saw revenue losses of ‘roughly 85-90%,’ officials report.