A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would allow voters to automatically receive absentee ballots. Beginning this year, Maine voters who are disabled or at least 65 years old can request that town clerks automatically mail absentee ballots to them for every statewide and...
Republican lawmakers are pushing new bills that could further regulate which books should be allowed — or disallowed — in Maine’s school libraries. One would create a rating system and ban books from elementary or middle school libraries if they’re not rated as age-appropriate...
A massive storm system unleashed vicious winds and thunderstorms across the East Coast on Monday, killing at least two people and knocking out power to more than 1 million utility customers from Pennsylvania down to Georgia. In the northwestern Alabama city of Florence, a 28...
PORTLAND, Maine — A storm with heavy rain and gusts knocked out power for tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Maine and washed out some roads there and in neighboring New Hampshire as some rivers continued to rise Monday, officials said. Wind gusts on Sunday reached 70 mph near...
Winter is usually the peak season for East Coast Lows in Australia, but this year has been eerily quiet in the Tasman Sea. So, where have all the ECLs gone? East Coast Lows (ECLs) are intense low pressure systems that cause severe weather along Australia’s east coast, mostly between...
