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Warden Service Involved in Hallowell Search for Missing Swimmer

Hallowell · Hallowell

Warden Service Involved in Hallowell Search for Missing Swimmer

49% Center coverage: 8 sources

The fire chief confirms to Maine's Total Coverage that the Hallowell Fire Department is assisting the Maine Warden Service in its search for a missing swimmer.See the Story

How we do elections matters

Augusta, Maine · Augusta

How we do elections matters

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

As long as we have unregulated and unlimited money in political campaigns, the decisions made in Washington, D.C., and in Augusta will disproportionately favor the interests of the few over the needs of the many.See the Story

Death Notice: Heather Tyks

Oakland, Maine · Oakland

Death Notice: Heather Tyks

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Tyks, Heather 40, of Oakland, June 24. Care of Veilleux Redington Funeral Home ...See the Story

Taiwan Army Establishes HIMARS Rocket Battery

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

The Taiwanese military has established a new battery equipped with a new U.S.-supplied rocket system, boosting the island’s self-defense capability in the face of China’s military threat. Wellington Koo, Taiwan’s defense minister, presided over the battery’s formation ceremony in central Taiwan’s Taichung city on July 4. The battery, equipped with Lockheed Martin’s mobile artillery rocket system called High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or …China · China See the Story

Obituary: Sylvia Ann Swanson

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

WINTHROP - Sylvia Ann Swanson, 93, died peacefully on June 21, 2025, at her home with her loving family by her ...Winthrop, Maine · Winthrop See the Story

Louis Sigel Registers As Democratic Primary Opponent to Jared Golden for Maine's 2nd CD

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

Louis Sigel, a Kennebec County Democrat has submitted paperwork with the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) to challenge incumbent Congressman Jared Golden (ME-CD2) for the Democratic Party nomination, a filing on Monday shows. The Gardiner-based “Legal with Sigal” committee is listed as registering party. Sigel is a former secretary of the Kennebec County Democratic Committee and [...] The post Louis Sigel Registers As Democratic Primary Opponen…Gardiner, Maine · Gardiner Read Article

These gun bills are still in limbo until next session • Maine Morning Star

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

A portrait of Margaret Chase Smith in the background as proponents of gun safety rally in the halls of the State House on Jan. 3, 2024. (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star)Of the many gun bills that went before the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee this past session, only one was signed into law, while others that passed both chambers will have to wait until next year to determine their final outcome. The committee advanced legislation regardi…Augusta, Maine · Augusta Read Article

To address its problem, Augusta arrests homeless people. It’s not working

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

In the first 4 1/2 months of this year, one-third of people arrested by Augusta police were homeless, a situation that's not likely to change without housing and more services.Housing · Augusta Read Article

Obituary: Natalie Beth Harris

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

WATERVILLE - Natalie Beth Harris died unexpectedly from a sudden illness on June 4, 2025. She was a devoted spouse, mother, ...Waterville, Maine · Waterville Read Article

Death Notice: Louise S. Smith

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Waterville, Maine · Waterville Read Article

Death Notice: Daniel W. Clark

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Clark, Daniel W. 73, of Winslow, June 25. Celebration 2 p.m., July 13, Faith Church, Waterville. ...Waterville, Maine · Waterville Read Article