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$10M historic preservation bond passes in Maine’s Tuesday election

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers voted Tuesday to pass $10 million in borrowing aimed at restoring historic buildings owned by local governments and nonprofits.

Mainers overwhelmingly pass campaign finance reform that may never become law

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voted resoundingly on Tuesday to pass Question 1, which would cap unlimited contributions to certain political committees but may be unconstitutional.

Maine passes $25M research and development bond

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A $25 million research and development bond proposal passed in Maine’s Tuesday election.

Maine will bolster trail systems with $30M in borrowing

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers voted Tuesday to pass a $30 million bond proposal that will go toward designing, developing and maintaining trail systems.

Jared Golden narrowly fends off Austin Theriault in Maine’s 2nd District

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

Maine voters reject effort to restore pine tree flag

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a passionate debate that has taken place for decades over the state’s culture and history.

Winner of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race still being determined

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press LEWISTON — Democratic U.

Angus King wins 3rd term becoming Maine’s oldest-ever senator

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

Nov. 5 local election results

HOUSE DISTRICT 30 Representing Abbot, Beaver Cove, Bowerbank, Greenville, Guilford, Monson, Parkman, Sangerville, Sebec, Shirley, Willimantic plus the unorganized territories of Blanchard Township, Northeast Piscataquis Barnard and Elliottsville Townships) and Northwest Piscataquis (88 percent of precincts reported) James White, R-Guilford* 3,258 W.

Piscataquis County emergency radio system project progresses

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than four years Piscataquis County and municipal emergency officials have been working to update outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.

How ranked-choice voting will work in Maine’s 2024 elections

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A version of this story was published ahead of the 2022 election.

Jared Golden and Austin Theriault take quiet approaches to final leg of 2nd District race

By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The matchup between U.

A doomed flag shift and 3 other lessons from a surprising poll of Maine

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The long-discussed effort to change Maine’s state flag is heading toward defeat, according to a surprising poll released Friday that carried other lessons ahead of the Nov.

New poll finds Jared Golden and Donald Trump leading Maine’s 2nd District

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff A new poll released the Friday before the Nov.

Brownville and Milo officials looking at combined rec department

MILO — With the intention of providing more opportunities for area youth and to potentially save money, Brownville and Milo officials have been discussing the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.

Nearly 270,000 Mainers have voted by absentee ballot

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Almost 270,000 Mainers voted by absentee ballot as of Tuesday, with Democrats leading the way exactly a week before Election Day but Republicans seeing historic levels of early voting in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District.

Perkins and Brown seek House District 31 seat

On Tuesday, Nov.

What we learned from the 1st debate between Angus King and 2 challengers

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

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