Mainers started early voting on Oct. 5 ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. And the state’s unique use of ranked-choice voting will once again factor into some…

I enthusiastically recommend returning Ann Matlack to the Legislature, but this time as a Senator. Here are a couple of reasons why:

Representative Ann Matlack and I…

Article 3 on Rockport's November 3 ballot would require every rental in town, from year-round to short-term, to register with the town each year. It's a flawed ordinance. It largely…

I’ve known Glen “Chip” Curry for over a decade, but more importantly, so have my kids. Senator Curry has taken special care to visit “inland” Waldo County, making regular visits to…

I support Chip Curry’s reelection for Senate District 11 representing Waldo County.  Most fundamentally, he’s a good guy who takes the job seriously.  When I’ve written to him in…

In praying for our local community, I often pray more for good teachers, doctors, lawyers, and community leaders, rather than the systems they serve.  As a few good doctors…

This is not a joke, I am dead serious.

The same kind of dead as your private property rights will be if the amendments…

The public is invited to attend a candidates' forum to hear from those running for Belfast City Council in the Nov. 3 election. The forum will be on Tuesday, September 29, from 7 to 9 p.m.,…

As we struggle with climbing sky-high food, gas and diesel prices, while dreading the winter fuel oil price shock from illegal wars and tariffs Congress could have stopped, and as neighbors…

Welcome September! As summer turns to fall and political campaigns heat up, one race stands out: The campaign to reelect Senator Susan Collins.…

As our trusted Majority Leader and then President of the Maine state Senate for over 10 years, Troy Jackson showed Mainers that he will fight to lower prescription drug costs, expand health care…

My name is Tom Wagner and I am running for County Commissioner in Waldo County District 1 [Belfast, Belmont, Islesboro, Lincolnville, Northport and Waldo].…

I have known Zach Schmesser and his family for eight years. Our children play together and attend the same public school. Over those years I have had the…

One of the bedrock principles in the U.S. Constitution is the balance of power among the three branches of government: Legislative, executive and judicial. The goal of its writers was…

In response to Catherine Cooper’s letter about…

I am supporting Chip Curry for reelection to the Maine State Senate. Chip understands that we need to prepare for the climate impacts we can no longer prevent while doing everything we…

In 2022, when we were door-knocking for Get Out the Vote in the final days leading up to the election, an unenrolled voter told us she rarely voted, and almost never for Democrats, but that…

Thirty years of pulling in over $100,000 a year personally, and receiving millions from billionaire friends for her reelection campaigns, has made Susan forget the people of Maine. …

I live in an island community. I am so impressed that Chip Curry has been out to talk with us on many occasions. He really listens to his constituents and works hard…

As Maine’s Senate race heats up, there has been a similar attack launched against both Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic replacement candidate…

Senator Collins depicts herself as a moderate Republican. Analysis does not bear that out.…

Maine voters are set to start casting their ballots in early October. And when they do, they could have less information about Democratic nominee Troy…

Bobby Charles will put Maine families, Maine workers and Maine communities first—not Augusta insiders, not special interests, and not political fashion.

Bobby Charles…

I am an unenrolled voter with no party affiliation. I do not ascribe to the Vote Blue No Matter Who admonishment as being the solution to…

I am writing in support of Shawn Saindon who is running for State Representative as an Independent to represent House District 44, serving the towns of Hope, Union, and Warren.

I wrote a letter to the editor two years ago when Mike Ray first ran for the State House, he won, and he proved my faith in him. The work he did in preparation and the work he did in his committee…

My name is Zach Schmesser, and I am running for Belfast City Council in Ward 2.

My wife and I have called Belfast home for eight years, and we’re raising our two children…

I am Rhiannon Hampson, of Thomaston, and I am running as a Democrat to represent Maine House District 43 (Thomaston, South Thomaston, St. George, Cushing, and part of Owls Head).…

I am writing to thank Hannah Pingree and her daughter for coming to the Maine Lobster Festival this year.  I was King Neptune at the Lobster Festival and Hannah who is the democratic…

Chip Curry epitomizes the axiom “Think Globally, Act Locally.” He knows that issues of education, emergency services, housing are relevant and important throughout our country, and,…

On June 10, Tom Hill was at his office in Sydney, Australia, when his phone pinged with a notification: the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race in Maine…

The Democratic primary for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat concluded more than a month ago, with social worker Paige Loud finishing last in the…

As our current elected officials foster immoral acts, engage in and promote violence against those in opposition, are blatantly corrupt, impulsively start foreign wars and admire…

Can a  partisan guy attend a  partisan event and report out a nonpartisan synopsis?…

Few things have been certain in the mad dash for Maine Democrats to replace Graham Platner as the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate.

The Knox County Democratic Committee convened Sunday, July 19, at 11 a.m. in the Rockland Recreation Center in Rockland to elect delegates to the…

With Graham Platner out of the running for Maine Senator, the Maine Democratic Party has set its convention date to select its next U.S. Senate nominee for July 25…

Residents of Warren and surrounding communities are invited to join State Representative Bill Pluecker and independent State Representative candidate Shawn Saindon for an informal community…

A printer jam. Spreadsheet issues. Mixed-up memory sticks. A two-hour warning that turned into a four-and-a-half hour wait. A livestream broadcast that…

Maine voters have become more familiar with ranked-choice voting since they adopted it statewide a decade ago. But Maine has never seen a ranked-choice…

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection campaign in February by posting a video that showed her opening a box of New…