Jan Porter News Today

Voters on Tuesday spoke of mayoral races in Hallowell and Waterville, and contested races elsewhere, but it was state referendum questions that had many talking.

At an emergency meeting of the Oakland Town Council on Tuesday, the town's finance and human resource director, Kelly Pinney-Michaud, was named interim town manager.

At an emergency meeting of the Oakland Town Council on Tuesday, the town's finance and human resource director, Kelly Pinney-Michaud, was named interim town manager.

While some states are requiring energy companies to drill farther from day cares, schools and homes, Texas has taken the opposite tack.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- At a playground outside a North Texas day care, giggling preschoolers chase each other into a playhouse. Toddlers scoot by on tricycles.

French energy giant Total Energies wants to drill three new wells in Arlington, Texas, on the property next to Mother's Heart Learning Center, which serves mainly Black and Latino children. The wells would lie about 600 feet from where the children play. The prospect is raising fears among families and the surrounding community.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — At a playground outside a North Texas day care, giggling...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — At a playground outside a North Texas day care, giggling...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — At a playground outside a North Texas day care, giggling...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — At a playground outside a North Texas day care, giggling...