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Live Updates: With polls closed in Maine, candidates and supporters settle in to watch results
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Hoax threats send multiple Maine schools into lockdown on Election Day
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UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
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Potentially historic voter turnout across Maine, boosted by same-day registrations
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Lewiston man stabbed in downtown Auburn
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Photo Album: See how voting went Tuesday at the Lewiston Armory
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The AP considers multiple factors and analyzes available data before determining whether a winner can be declared when polls close in a given state.
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Due to its centralized location and a number of other factors, the Longley School has become a hub for voting in Lewiston, used as its sole polling location for some elections when polls are consolidated.
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The majority of those remaining funds, estimated around $48,000, will be spent to replace an obsolete electronic sign by the library that was donated to the town.
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Who was Deacon Elijah Livermore and how did he found the town of Livermore?
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Around 35 participants gathered on Oct. 28 in Fayette for a Night Sky Tour led by John Meader, experiencing a guided exploration of constellations, planets, and the Orionid meteor shower under clear skies.
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Treat Memorial Library celebrated its 70th anniversary with a Patron Appreciation Day, highlighting recent improvements, community-centered programming, and a commitment to honoring its founding vision.
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Livermore Falls held their final trunk or treats of the season with great success.
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The primary and middle school are seeing fewer instances, numbers continue to rise at the elementary and data is not yet available for the high school.
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John Pinto, 72, of Norway died over the weekend of pancreatic cancer.
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The fifth and sixth grade team was 5-1 during the regular season with Dirigo their only loss and the only team that was able to score against them.
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The sun rose in a burst of color Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, but by mid afternoon the sky was overtaken by clouds.
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The former president has prepared to challenge the outcome. State and local authorities are ready for more sophisticated and dispersed attacks on the system this time.
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There's more than 2,000 stores around the U.S. and the company employs half a million people.
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After a successful sock drive last year in Livermore Falls, town representatives agreed to do a hat and mitten drive this year.
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Arrests listed at the Franklin County Detention Center from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2024.
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The board representing Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot also moved forward with the effort to upgrade Minot school's heating and ventilation system.
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The Longley School has become Lewiston's hub for elections. It's the polling location for three wards and nearly half of the city's electorate votes there.
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The proposed county budget, if passed with no cuts, will increase the amount needed to be raised by taxation by 35.6%.
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Control of the U.S. Senate, House and White House are on the line as voters cast their ballots.
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Meroby has been joined in the outdoor learning program by Rumford Elementary School as both schools now have the same principal in Jodi Ellis.It was a busy Oct. 11 afternoon as Meroby fourth graders visited the apiary while RES fourth graders were at the outdoor learning program.
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Authorities say the techniques used with the black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered species.
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It will be located at the corner of Hancock Street and Rumford Avenue, the site of a massive fire where three apartment buildings were destroyed on Feb. 9, 2020.
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Located just off 58 Highland Terrace where the new K-8 school is being constructed, the public is invited to see the MV Beekeepers at the apiary on the first Saturday of every month beginning around noon.
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While Netanyahu has called for continued military pressure on Hamas, his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, had taken a more pragmatic approach.
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Regional School Unit 10 officials and residents will meet at 6 p.m. at Rumford high school.
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Outside the polls, voters said they turned out for the presidential election, but some said they also wanted to vote for down-ballot candidates who have more direct impact to local communities.
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Brakey has long planned to move to the Granite State to run a libertarian group.
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Polls close at 8 p.m. across the state
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The closeness of the race and the number of states in play raised the likelihood that once again a victor might not be known on election night.
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A false video made with artificial intelligence showed MLK Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, praising Donald Trump. King’s daughter condemned the clip.
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The Justice Department’s election monitoring effort, a long practice under both Democratic and Republican administrations, is meant to ensure that federal voting rights are being followed.
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The proposed changes include expanded buffers for agricultural uses near wetlands, and restrictions on fertilizer and pesticides, clearcutting and more.
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Nelofar and Shaqaeq Ahmadi run Royal Chicken and Kabab at 259 Lisbon Street months after their arrival in Maine.
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About 77 million Americans have voted early. A victory by either side would be unprecedented.
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James E. "Ted" Sweeney, 64, was convicted of murder of his girlfriend in 2019 and was sentenced to 38 years in prison.
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Selectmen voted to use $48,000 from its share of the American Rescue Plan Act to replace the sign in front of the library.
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Residents and businesses are asked to attend the meetings Nov. 13 and 14 to discuss the future of Franklin County.
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More than 360,000 absentee ballots had been returned and accepted by municipal clerks as of 3 p.m. Monday, according to the Maine Department of the Secretary of State.
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Gardiner City Clerk Kathleen Cutler said the city has received two reports of a person with a Massachusetts license plate offering to take and deliver absentee ballots.
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The restaurant's 30-year-lease is ending, and the owner was not able to purchase the property.
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The final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast, and history will be made regardless of who wins.
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Police are looking for Kevin Michael Litchfield Jr., 37, after the altercation Friday night at the Rusty Lantern market on Route 26.
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The Strouts gathered on Oct. 25 to remember their husband, son, father and brother, Arthur 'Artie' Strout one year after he was killed.
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Based on review of traffic camera footage and statements from several witnesses, no charges are anticipated, Police Chief Kenneth Charles said.
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Voters Nov. 5 will find that many communities are having trouble filling municipal positions. Age, apathy and growing vitriol from the public are leaving their mark, officials say.
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A look at historical swings in the Maine Senate and House of Representatives shows it only takes a handful of seats to shift political power at the State House.