Even though the people of Maine passed a "ranked choice voting" system last year in a statewide referendum, it might never happen because of Republican opposition.
USA Today has a running series of 10 Best Readers Polls and one of the current voting polls is for the Best Cross-Country Ski Resort. Maine has one of the finalists on their voting page.
I don't know about you but I am feeling a bit unsure and a tad anxious that November is looming close on the horizon. As it stands with everyone in the race spinning their own version of their story to say the waters are muddied is the understatement of the century...
Did you know there are SIX referendum questions on the November 8 ballot for the State of Maine? From legalizing marijuana to raising the minimum wage to background checks on guns, the issues are big and the money spent by interest groups will be huge.
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2016 marks the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service and our national parks are a great summer family vacation. Fourth graders across the country can get a free park to access the entire park system for a year, part of the Kid in a Park program. Many national parks are offering special programs for kids of all ages.
USA Today is asking their readers to vote. They have a series called USA Today 10 Best with several different categories that you can vote in. One of them, is Best Boardwalk, and Old Orchard Beach, Maine is one of the 20 finalists that you can vote for.
Hailey Chaney is from Jay and a recent graduate of Spruce Mountain High School. To follow her ambitions to be a model/actress, she is in the right place. In September she moved to Burbank, California, which is right near Hollywood.
She is a finalist in the Miss Jetset 2015 contest...