Politics & Government

Maine voters elected their first female governor and Democrats strengthened their majority in the state's House of Representatives, just as they took control of the U.S. House in a midterm election that generated high voter turnout.

In the Tuesday, November 6, general election, Maine voters will be electing a new governor to succeed Republican Paul LePage, whose eight years in office have been marked by controversy, including his decision to close the Downeast Correctional Facility in Washington County.

Maine voters will face five referendum questions on the Tuesday, November 6, ballot, including four bond issues, with two to assist the state's universities and community colleges, and a proposal to create a home-care program funded by a tax on higher incomes.

Charlotte County voters apparently wanted change when they went to the polls in the 39th New Brunswick provincial general election on September 24. In the Saint Croix riding, which includes St. Stephen, St.

Eastport City Councillor Scott Emery threatened Councillor Hailley Bradbury that he would put a Confederate flag back on his boat, located in the Eastport breakwater's inner basin, if she didn't stop lecturing him on why the city council should support a resolution proposed by resident Kendall...

The end of the road has been reached for two bills of concern to Washington County residents, one to fund the Downeast Correctional Facility for one more year and one to create a federally-funded opioid response pilot project that would have connected those in need of substance use disorder...