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Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics

Today’s the last day for most Maine residents to vote early or request an absentee ballot

by Rachel Ohm October 30, 2024October 31, 2024

Voters may still request an absentee ballot after Thursday, but they would need to have special circumstances such as an unexpected hospitalization.

Advertiser Democrat, Election 2024, News, Oxford Hills

Bethel resident, Maine Senator and longtime legislator running for county commission

by Evan W. Houk October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Walker will face off against a Republican challenger, Sen. Lisa Keim (R-Oxford), who is currently finishing up her final term representing District 19 in the Maine Senate. Sawin Millet is running unopposed.

Advertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills

Oxford County Jail set to open in December

by Evan W. Houk October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

The inmate population has also “exploded” to 86, the highest it has been in 20 years, and the jail will only have 47 beds available when it reopens.

Advertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills

Paris voters reject land disposal policy

by Evan W. Houk October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Some residents’ concerns included the perceived rush to sell the property and the lack of adequate advertising of the special meeting by the town.

Business, Food, Maine, News

Hannaford recalls seafood salad for possible allergen mislabeling

by Daniel Kool October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Twelve-ounce packages of the salad sold from Oct. 26-29 – and with sell-by dates of Nov. 13 and 14 – may be missing the ‘soy’ allergen label.

Maine, Politics

How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting

by Steve Mistler Maine Public October 30, 2024December 10, 2024

Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.

Maine, News

Police identify 3 killed in crash on Egypt Road near Raymond-Gray town line

by Gillian Graham October 30, 2024October 31, 2024

Officials said one man was driving erratically before crashing head-on into another vehicle.

Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics

Trump wins student mock election in Maine

by Randy Billings October 30, 2024November 3, 2024

Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.