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It’s Election Day. Here’s what you need to know before casting your vote.

If you haven’t been following this election cycle’s caravan of candidates or still don’t quite know what is being asked in the state’s four bond questions, don’t be embarrassed.

Maine gives potential marijuana consultants an extra week

Consultants hoping to advise Maine on recreational marijuana sales have extra time to apply.

Powerful winds knock out power for thousands of Mainers

Strong winds and heavy rains swept through the already soggy state Saturday, leaving tens of thousands of customers without power Sunday morning.

Fort Kent girls blank Maranacook to claim first soccer state title

Senior winger Jacalyn Pelletier scored a first-half goal and the defense, led by sophomore goalkeeper Lyndsay Ouellette and junior sweeper Amanda Thibeault, made it stand up as the Fort Kent Community High School Warriors beat Maranacook of Readfield 1-0 in a thriller on a wet Saturday morning at Hampden Academy.

Audit finds diocese in full compliance with youth safety

An independent, on-site audit of safe environment procedures has found the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, which includes all 141 churches in Maine, in full compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.

Suspects involved in border standoff are brothers

Two suspects involved in the incident that shut down the busy international border between Houlton, Maine, and Woodstock, New Brunswick, for about 12 hours on Friday, Oct. 26, are brothers, according to CTV Atlantic.

Mainers can sign up to purchase individual health insurance

Mainers can soon sign up to purchase health insurance plans on the individual market.

21-year-old appears in Canadian court over Houlton border incident

A 21-year-old Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada man was charged with obstruction Monday in a Canadian provincial court following an incident that shut down the Woodstock-Houlton border crossing for about 12 hours last Friday.

Candidates for sheriff offer positions on issues facing County

Editor’s note: Ahead of the Nov. 6 election, we put the same six questions to the two candidates on the ballot for Aroostook County sheriff. Their responses follow with the candidates listed in alphabetical order.

Parts of County pick up 10 inches of snow

When Amy Hamer of Houlton woke up and saw the snow coming down on Wednesday, she didn’t think for a moment that it would stick around.

Snow sends cars skidding off roadways

Snow wreaked havoc on drivers across northern and coastal Maine Wednesday morning

Meteorologists forecasting up to 10 inches of snow Wednesday in northern Maine

Residents of northern Maine can expect more snow from the first storm of the season than initially thought, according to the National Weather Service.

Snow predicted for some parts of the state this week

In a pre-Halloween scary forecast, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Caribou have issued a hazardous weather outlook for northern and western Maine that includes the potential for measurable snow in northern Aroostook County.

Health centers net funds for addiction, mental health

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced Oct. 10 that 17 community health centers in Maine will receive a total of $4,980,138 through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services (SUD-MH) awards.

Katahdin monument officials welcome public’s input on management plan

More than two years after then U.S. President Barack Obama designated over 80,000 acres of land in northern Maine as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, officials are in the midst of creating a formal management plan that will strive to make effective use of the land for visitors while keeping its natural resources and history intact.

Maine’s national monument was once heavily opposed. Now its federal budget is slowly growing.

Maine’s national monument will have an operating budget of about $400,000 — its highest yet — if Congress gives approval, officials said Thursday.

Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace

Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it.

Heating prices continue climb in Maine

The price of heating oil continues to climb steadily in Maine even as global crude oil prices have fallen.

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