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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.

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.

3rd man accused of hindering Bangor homicide investigation makes court appearance

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The third man accused of hindering the prosecution of a Bangor homicide case appeared in court Monday afternoon, Nov.

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.

Maine billionaire makes it onto list of richest Americans

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff In what may be a first, a Mainer has been named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest living Americans.

2 men accused of hindering Bangor homicide investigation granted bail

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Two of the men accused of hindering a Bangor homicide case were granted bail on Nov.

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.

4th man arrested in death of man who went missing in Bangor

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A fourth man has been arrested in the death of a man who went missing in Bangor.

3 men arrested in death of man who went missing from Bangor

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Three Penobscot County men have been arrested after the body of a missing man was found in October.

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.

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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