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Attendees at a get out the vote event at Crosspoint Church in Bangor stop by a table for the Christian Civic League of Maine.

Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Anthony Viselli, chief engineer at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, explains the workings of a floating turbine.

Photo by Katherine Emery for The Maine Monitor.

In the time since Monitor Local launched in Franklin, Oxford, Somerset and Washington counties, it has reported on county budgeting, town meetings, planning boards, school boards, shellfish commissions and more, getting people the news they need to confid…

Fairfield Town Manager Michelle Flewelling seen during an October 14 meeting.

Photo by Charles Krupa of the Associated Press.

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People relax in Bar Harbor's Agamont Park and take in the views of Frenchman Bay where the cruise ship American Glory sits anchored and the Schooner Margaret Todd is docked on August 13, 2025.

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Members of the Skowhegan Select Board during an October 13 meeting.

Route 11 in Shapleigh.

The Kendall Head area off the northern coast of Eastport.

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Members of the Paris Select Board during an October 13 meeting.

High-voltage transmission lines head to Versant Power's substation in Orrington, Maine, as seen on Oct. 15, 2026.

A granite rockface along Port Road in Starboard, crossing Carmine and Christine DeFalco’s property without stone riprap.

The Maine Army National Guard reopened the Readiness Center in Calais in November 2016.

From left, independent Rick Bennett, Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles are running for Maine governor.

Participants at last year’s Community Collaborate Support & Education Event at Head of Falls Park in Waterville.

Bobby Charles talked to the media in June as he waited for the results of the Republican primary election, which he won.

Excerpts from court records in the case of an asylum-seeker in Maine who was arrested by immigration enforcement agents after offering to swap places with his wife, who had been detained.

Photographed this summer, downtown Machias is facing an overabundance of deer, prompting state wildlife officials to advise local leaders on ways to curb the growing herd.

A portion of a sample ballot for voters in Waterville.

Photo by Daniel O’Connor.

Two of the options would keep Kingfield Elementary School, Day Mountain Regional Middle School and Mt.

From left, independent Rick Bennett, Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles are running to be Maine's next governor.

A sign for Maine Senate candidate Stephen Carey, an independent from Bangor, is shown near Pickering Square on Tuesday.

Democrat Hannah Pingree, Republican Bobby Charles and independent Rick Bennett are running for governor.

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A sign for the Denmark municipal building seen in December 2024.

Members of the Norway Select Board during an Oct. 1 meeting.

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S.

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Rumford is poised to adopt a trash collection method used in some other Maine towns, where it is implemented by Casella Waste Systems.

The Kendall Head area off the northern coast of Eastport.

Members of the Paris Select Board during an August 10 meeting.

Local developer Benjamin Hooper (far right) speaks on a panel alongside state Sen.

From left, Democrat Hannah Pingree, independent Rick Bennett and Republican Bobby Charles.

The Franklin County jail is one of two in the state that offers an extended-release buprenorphine program.

The Kittery Water District's Bell Marsh reservoir is pictured on Wednesday.

Jonesport votes to allow Kingfish 30 months in which to show a “substantial start” to their project.

Left, juvenile fish were found stranded and dead along the West Branch of the Penobscot River after a sudden drop in flows following a turbine shutdown at Brookfield Renewable's McKay Station on July 27.

The Washington County Superior Court in Machias, where the county's administrative offices are located.

East Main Street is seen in Fort Kent on Oct. 20, 2022.

Crews have maintained the minimum flow set by the U.S.

Former state senator Margaret Craven speaks at a press conference launching Safe & Healthy Maine's "No on 1" campaign in Lewiston on Sept. 30, 2026.

Members of the Waterville City Council seen during a September 15 meeting.

There are around 215 aquaculture operations in Maine, such as this seaweed bed.