CUTLER — State police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found earlier this week on state-owned land in Washington County, according to a state official. The woman’s body was found Monday on the Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said Thursday. MacDonald said wardens […]
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Inge D. Bradbury
1932 – 2015 AUBURN — Inge D. Bradbury, of Leeds, a devoted wife, loving mother and first-generation American who treasured her German heritage, died Tuesday, April 28, at Clover Health Care in Auburn, after a futile battle with dementia. She was 82. Inge was born in the village of Sulz, Germany, on June 8, 1932, […]
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Election contests too close to call as paper goes to press
Contested races in Oxford Hills: State House District 71 — Norway, Waterford, West Paris and Sweden Democrat Dennise Whitley Republican Tom Winsor State House District 72 — Oxford, Mechanic Falls, Otisfield Democrat James Bradley Republican Kathleen Dillingham State House District 73 — Paris, Buckfield, Hebron Republican Lloyd Herrick Democrat Robert Kirchherr Oxford County Commission, District […]
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Maine voters to pick from three in race for governor
On Tuesday, Maine voters will choose a governor to lead the state as it confronts significant economic and demographic challenges. Here’s a look at the candidates’ backgrounds and their views on some of the issues most important to them: Republican Gov. Paul LePage: — Background and personal life: The oldest of 18 children, LePage left […]
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Snowe throws support to LePage, sends recorded message of endorsement
LEWISTON — You may soon be getting a phone call from former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, one of Maine’s most popular Republican politicians. Snowe’s message? She wants you to join her in supporting the re-election of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage. “To continue economic growth in Maine, I am supporting Paul LePage,” Snowe said in […]
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LePage says if Cutler drops out he’ll win re-election; Michaud camp says it’s unlikely
LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that if the race for the governor’s office were between him and Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud, the governor would win easily. The incumbent Republican is in a tough, three-way race with Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler, a Cape Elizabeth lawyer and businessman. LePage told a small group of […]
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Video: LePage, Cutler and Michaud square off for round two debate
PORTLAND — With just 15 days until Election Day, the candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor squared off in their second televised debate Monday, hitting on a range of issues from energy costs to education to health care. In an hour-long and often fiery conversation, independent Eliot Cutler, Democrat Mike Michaud and […]
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New poll shows LePage leading governor’s race
PORTLAND — A new poll on the race for Maine governor suggests Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a significant lead over the Democratic nominee, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler has nearly 20 percent support. But the poll released Thursday by the Portland-based Pan Atlantic SMS, which surveyed 400 Maine residents in the […]
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Cutler says state should buy Verso’s energy plant at Bucksport
PORTLAND, Maine — Eliot Cutler has called and written to the CEO of Memphis-based Verso Paper, asking for the company to sell its Bucksport mill to a buyer that would continue to make paper there. If not, the independent gubernatorial candidate said that as governor he would promote the state purchasing the energy assets to […]