3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (192+ words) FREEPORT (WGME) – Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Nirav Shah says he has a plan to fight child hunger in Maine. Speaking Tuesday at his campaign headquarters in Freeport, the Democratic candidate unveiled his strategy, which he says includes "emergency investments,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- As another legislative session wraps up, Maine Republicans say the state is on a “disastrous” path. House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham held a news conference Wednesday in Augusta. He made a sweeping claim that eight years of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (199+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Maine Democratic leaders say actions taken during this legislative session have made the state more affordable for working families. House Speaker Ryan Fecteau points to the millionaire’s tax that recently passed, saying it shifts more of the burden…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (400+ words) GORHAM (WGME) – Maine is now the first state in New England to join a nationwide program designed to keep convicted felons from re-entering the prison system. The Maine Department of Corrections rolled out the new initiative Monday, called “Reentry 2030.” It’s…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (139+ words) WGME Maine Seaweed Week returns, reviving the statewide harvest celebration Maine Seaweed Week returns this Friday and runs through May 3, bringing back a statewide celebration of the seaweed harvest. Now in its eighth year, the food and drink festival spotlights…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (354+ words) There’s a stretch of road in Maine that played a key role in the birth of our country. Maine historian Herb Adams says the King’s Highway is over 250 years old. "These markers are older than the state of Maine. These…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (426+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- The new state budget makes free community college permanent for Maine high school graduates. Over the past four years, over 23,000 students have taken advantage of the free community college program in Maine. Those numbers are expected to…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (232+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A new budget has passed in Augusta which includes those $300 relief checks for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and a new tax on the wealthiest Mainers. The more than $500 million budget narrowly passed in the House Wednesday night…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) From a small town in Maine to the brink of shaping a divided nation, Hannibal Hamlin’s remarkable—and often overlooked—journey to the vice presidency is one of America’s greatest “what ifs.” Hannibal Hamlin was born in Paris, Maine in…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (773+ words) by Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News A police department in western Maine was likely the first to restrict someone’s access to weapons under the state’s so-called red flag law, less than a week after it went into effect. Police in…...