Eastport Arts & Poetry Festival Aug. 15-16

Bangor City Council bans remote public comments again

A registration system failed to stem the offensive remarks that, in the council’s view, have little to do with city business.

Bangor will fund an as-needed overnight warming center this winter

The emergency shelter will open on nights when the temperature drops below 15 degrees.

UMaine faculty and students condemn proposed cuts at charged town hall

The meeting follows administrators' plans to close a large part of a $19 million budget shortfall.

Appeals court declines to rule on federal bid to set aside California ballots of alleged noncitizens

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Monday declined to rule on whether California elections officials can count roughly 20,000 ballots that the Justice Department alleges belong to noncitizen voters. The decision sets the federal government and state officials up for another legal showdown on the matter on Tuesday in front of a federal […]

3 moments from Troy Jackson and Elizabeth Warren’s latest appeal to progressives

The Waterville town hall marked the latest visit by a leading national progressive aiming to help Jackson in his bid to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins.