Peru voters approve raising funds to replace Worthley Pond fire station

 

PARIS — Voters in the School Administrative District 17’s eight towns approved the $39.1 million budget at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting.

 

Canton selectmen retain seats

 

CANTON — Voters Tuesday elected incumbents Brian Keene and Bob Walker to two open seats on the Board of Selectmen.

Peru voters approve raising funds to replace Worthley Pond fire station

PERU — Residents voted Tuesday to approve all 27 warrant articles at Tuesday’s referendum ballot, Town Clerk Vera Parent said.

RSU 9 budget failing with all but Wilton reporting results

FARMINGTON — With nine out of 10 towns reporting voting results late Tuesday, Regional School Unit 9 voters were rejecting a proposed

Newry residents vote against stopping SAD 44 withdrawal process

NEWRY — Residents overwhelmingly voted against stopping the withdrawal process from School Administrative District 44…

 

UPDATED 10:10 p.m.: NORWAY — Voters elected longtime Selectman Bruce Cook and current Budget Committee member Thomas Curtis to three-year terms as selectmen at the polls Tuesday.

Cook and Curtis defeated candidates Allan Moon, the chairman of the Budget Committee, and Corey Roberge, also a Budget Committee member.

This report has been updated.

Livermore voters elect Chretien, Timberlake

LIVERMORE — Incumbent Selectman Mark Chretien and Wayne Timberlake were elected to the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday.

UPDATED 9:50 a.m.: PARIS — In a 2-to-1 vote Monday, residents told town administration they want to keep policing services as is in town by voting to keep the Paris Police Department.

There were 617 residents in favor of keeping the Police Department and 300 who wanted to disband the department and contract with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, Town Clerk Liz Knox said.

This report has been updated.

UPDATED 9:40 pm.: OXFORD — Incumbent Selectman Scott Owens and former Selectman Floyd Thayer won seats on the Board of Selectmen during annual town election Tuesday night.

Thayer was the top vote getter with 250 votes. Owens garnered 227 votes.

This report has been updated.

UPDATED 9:25 p.m.: LEWISTON — Voters passed two education questions.

The first was whether they favored the new $49.7 million school, which the state would pay for.

The second question was whether they favored spending $2.1 million of Lewiston taxpayers’ money for a regulation-size gym, air conditioning and a second turf athletic field.

This report will be updated.

UPDATED 9:06 p.m.: LISBON — Town residents voted 284-175 to pass the school budget. 

The results as reported by the town:

Representative to Congress – District 2
Cain, Emily Ann D 112
Poliquin, Bruce R 201

State Senator – District 22
Fochtmann, Richard N. D 103
Mason, Garrett Paul R 199

Representative to the Legislature – District 56
Gaiason, Scott N. D 108
Mason, Gina M. R 181

Judge of Probate – Androscoggin County
Bittues, Ira James D 106
Dubois, Leslie T. R 91
Said, Joanna R. R 116

County Commissioner – District 4
Lary, Isaiah N. R 169

Democratic Ballots Cast: 129
Republican Ballots Cast: 228

QUESTION 1: Adopt Lisbon School Budget
Yes 284
No 175

QUESTION 2: If you voted No, was it because the budget is:
Too Low 73
Too High 122

QUESTION 3: Continue Referendum Process
Yes 383
No 70

Ballots Cast: 463
Registered Voters: 6445

This story will be updated.

UPDATED 9 p.m.: (AP) — Democratic Sen. Susan Deschambault has easily defeated former Biddeford Mayor Joanne Twomey in the Senate District 32 primary.

Deschambault, who was winning with 85 percent of the vote, joined the Senate after winning a special election in March.

Twomey is a former Biddeford mayor who made headlines when she halted a town hall meeting by throwing a jar of Vaseline in the direction of outspoken Republican Gov. Paul LePage. LePage once used a sexually vulgar phrase referring to Vaseline when criticizing a Democratic senator.

Legislative primaries will determine who’s on the November ballot as the major political parties battle for control of the Legislature.

There was a light turnout at polling places Tuesday. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap predicted light turnout of 10 to 12 percent.

UPDATED 7:10 p.m.: PORTLAND (AP) — Republican and Democratic voters headed to the polls in light numbers Tuesday to cast their tallies in legislative primaries and for the GOP race in the 1st Congressional District.

Republicans Ande Smith of North Yarmouth and Mark Holbrook of Brunswick were facing off in the only contested congressional primary as they battled for the opportunity to try to unseat Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree, who’s seeking a fifth term in office.

Legislative primaries, meanwhile, aimed to determine who’s on the November ballot as the major political parties battle for control of the Legislature.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage weighed in on the Senate District 23 race, endorsing Bowdoin business owner Guy Lebida over a fellow Republican, incumbent Sen. Linda Baker of Topsham.

Democrats were competing for seats left vacated by several top Democratic state senators, including Sen. Justin Alfond of Portland, the minority leader. State Reps. Ben Chipman and Rep. Diane Russell and Chuck Radis are competing for the seat vacated by Alfond.

Republican challengers also battled in districts currently represented by Republican Sens. Michael Willette of Presque Isle and Earle McCormick of West Gardiner. Democrats Shenna Bellows and Terry Berry were also seeking McCormick’s seat.

Also on the ballot were municipal issues such as school budgets.

Among the closely watched local decisions will be referendum proposals to ban plastic grocery bags in Freeport and Kennebunk.

Last year, York became the first town in Maine to ban plastic shopping bags. A number of Maine communities, including Portland, South Portland and Falmouth, have imposed 5-cent fees on shopping to discourage litter.

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