The gay marriage law repeal effort in Maine was too close to call at almost 1 a.m. today, with those favoring repeal taking a slight lead.

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — David H. Webster bested three challengers and was elected to Town Council, while Fred Wildnauer won a seat on the School Administrative District 35 School Committee...

YORK, Maine — The town's growth ordinance is gone.

ELIOT, Maine — Sixty-eight percent (3,503 to 1,678) of Eliot and South Berwick voters gave approval for School Administrative District 35 to spend $3.2 million for 15-year federally subsidized construction...

PORTSMOUTH — Tom Ferrini retained the mayor's gavel with an impressive victory Tuesday, laying claim to votes on 74 percent of the ballots cast — the highest percentage in at...

KITTERY, Maine — The townspeople re-elected two longtime town councilors, another familiar face and one newcomer in a high-turnout election dominated by state ballot issues.

MANCHESTER (AP) — Voters in New Hampshire's largest city have elected Republican Ted Gatsas as their next mayor.

WELLS, Maine — Residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a large-scale water extraction ordinance despite efforts by Poland Spring and some selectmen to encourage supporting it.

PORTSMOUTH — The makeup of the police and fire commissions will remain unchanged after incumbents reclaimed four open spots on the respective commissions.

PORTSMOUTH — The two newest members of the School Board said it was their call to increase standards of student achievement that spurred voters to cast ballots for them Tuesday.

KITTERY, Maine — Voters gave an overwhelming stamp of approval to five municipal referendums Tuesday night.

Across the board, local voters agreed with their fellow Mainers in voting Tuesday on a variety of statewide issues, defeating the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and a decrease in excise...

WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New...

PORTSMOUTH — Northeast Bank (8-0) ended its perfect season on top after a 58-45 victory over J.L. Coombs (6-2) Sunday to claim the Portsmouth Recreation Department's Women's Basketball League championship.

NASHUA — Aby Fisher got tackled at the 10-yard line at Stellos Stadium Tuesday night by a flying Allison Wilson.

Today's rematch between the Exeter High School boys soccer team and Bishop Guertin will be nothing like the 3-3 tie the teams played in their season opener — not with...

NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte leaned forward in his chair and recounted a recent chat he had with Derek Jeter as soon as they realized what was next in this...

DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Detroit Red Wings a...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Mike Wright's playing time increased after the New England Patriots traded star defensive end Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders a week before the season.

DERRY — Joan Forge's motto is to "weather the storm." You can tell her players know it well because they use it, too. It might be overused, but it was...