Customers may gasp as prices soar as high as $26.50, but ‘if you want it, you want it,’ one diner says.

Catherine Nadeau is confirmed as the winner over Republican Benjamin Twitchell in the district covering Benton and Winslow.

With 97 percent of Maine precincts reporting, the "Yes" vote is leading by less than one percent.

In a rematch of the 2014 race, Rep. Matthea Daughtry is challenged by Republican Michael Stevens.

Campaigns on both sides of the issue are funded primarily by groups not based within Maine, campaign finance reports show.

Ladd, a pilot and former Georgia legislator is challenging Breen who won a narrow victory in district two years ago.

Chace is running for a second term against Hall, a Durham selectwoman.

The Democrat is running for re-election against the Republican challenger to represent Yarmouth and two Casco Bay islands.

The changes will appear on the ballot as individual referendum questions.

Current board chairwoman Carol Marcotte faces a challenge from political newcomer Randy Hirst.

She is seeking her fourth term in the Legislature.

Attorneys Bryan Chabot of Wells and Bernard Broder of Old Orchard Beach say they want to restore dignity and respect to the busy court.

The race features a mix of newcomers and residents who have long been active in local politics.

Three candidates are running for two Town Council seats in the Nov. 8 town election.

The district, which stretches across southern Kennebec County, is represented by Sen. Earle McCormick, R-West Gardiner, through this year, but McCormick has opted not to run for re-election.

Backers hope Maine and Massachusetts will be the first two states on the East Coast to legalize pot for more than medical use.

In an unusual joint statement, Sens. King and Collins and U.S. Reps. Pingree and Poliquin say the congressional financial disclosure information is enough to go on.

Question 1 in November seeks to decriminalize recreational use of marijuana. Unlikely foes of the referendum fear the effects on existing caregivers.

The Maine Chiefs of Police Association says the state will be safer if voters pass Question 3 on the November referendum ballot.

The Maine Association of Chiefs of Police will launch a public education campaign about the dangers of legal pot.

New Selectman Tim LaChapelle has pledged more transparency in town affairs.

A number of Litchfield residents think they pay a disproportionate share of costs in the district, which also includes Wales and Sabattus.

Big-ticket items such as the fire and police budgets, as well as snowplowing and the transfer station, sailed through Tuesday as 362 residents voted.

The $11.22 million budget increased 4 percent from the current year.

In Tuesday's referendum vote, the Winthrop school budget was validated 701-121.

In a race for two seats on the board, voters chose one incumbent and one newcomer.

Voters in Litchfield elected Tim LaChappelle over incumbent Rayna Leibowitz and Kenneth Lizotte.

Other local school budgets in Readfield and Farmingdale also appeared headed for passage.

Six of 10 towns in the Mt. Blue district vote against the $32.97 million proposal, the second time in two years the district's budget was defeated on the first referendum vote.

Cushman received 271 votes in Tuesday's election, beating out three other candidates competing for the seat.

Tammy Maxwell won the single seat on the Fayette School Board.

SAD 54 directors Poirier and Irwin returned to office; write-in Karen Smith also elected to school board

Cutchen, a Republican, and Bellows, a Democrat, will face Joe Pietroski in November in a three-way race.

Al Veneziano and Ron Moody beat the third candidate, Jeff Foss, for the seats.

Amadon says she's ready to get to work for general election in November when she will face Skowhegan Selectwoman Betty Austin.

Residents also voted to contract out the town's road work in Tuesday's 36-item warrant.

Public Works Department employee edges former selectman Randy Clark.

Patsy Crockett, in unofficial results, received 662 votes to top the second place Patrick Paradis, who received 413 votes, and Carl Pease, who received 131.

Residents approved the proposal by a vote of 876-214, according to unofficial election night results.

Several Litchfield voters opposed the budget proposed by RSU 4, while others said they came out to vote in the Senate District 14 primary.

Voters who had to make choices on primary day kept town clerks busy in some central Maine towns, but in Waterville, few voted when the only contested race was the 1st District Republican congressional contest.

The Oakland Town Council chairman will be the GOP candidate for the seat being vacated by Robert Nutting, representing Sidney and part of Oakland.

Congressional and State House primaries are on the ballots, along with local referendum questions.

A hot Kennebec County Commission race, Republican primaries in House districts 77 and 107 and a primary for both parties in Senate District 14 top local voting choices that also include school budgets, town offices and local referendums.

Mark Holbrook and Ande Smith hope to win the June 14 primary and take on four-term Rep. Chellie Pingree in November.