Politics & Government

Maine Governor Janet Mills and the state's congressional delegation want the U.S. government to follow Canada's lead in easing restrictions on nonessential travel across the shared border.

Maine Governor Janet Mills and the state's congressional delegation want the U.S. government to follow Canada's lead in easing restrictions on nonessential travel across the shared border. The Canadian government announced on July 19 that it would allow Americans fully vaccinated against COVID 19 to

The recent appearance in Lubec of politically motivated signs featuring unprintable offensive language has people scratching their heads.

Voters in most Charlotte County municipalities opted for change in local elections on May 10. According to results posted by Elections New Brunswick, Councillor Bonnie Morse won an upset with 862 votes over long time incumbent Dennis Greene with 199 for mayor of Grand Manan.

While recognizing that the current war on drugs has been a failure, those testifying on a bill that would make possession for personal use of drugs like cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and opiates subject only to a $100 fine instead of possibly 10 to more years in prison were divided on whether the...

An op ed by former Maine Governor Paul LePage about the recent history of the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Washington County has a number of those who were involved saying that LePage has it wrong. "If he wants to argue that we shouldn't have spent the money, that's fine.