Either Janet Mills or Adam Cote will be on the ballot for governor in November, but it will be days before Mainers know which of the two represents the Democratic Party this fall. With 80 percent of precincts statewide reporting, Mills continued to lead Cote by just under 5,000 votes on Wednesday morning. But Mills’ […]
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Incumbent Litchfield selectman re-elected
The chairman of the Litchfield Board of Selectmen was re-elected Tuesday, defeating two challengers who together received about 50 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election results. The chairman, Mark Russell, received 371 votes Tuesday, according to the unofficial tally. The other two candidates, Renee Lachapelle and Richard “Ric” Swett, received 252 and 124 […]
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Litchfield, Sabattus, Wales voters approve RSU 4 budget
WALES — Voters in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales approved a $19.17 million spending plan for Regional School Unit 4 Tuesday. Sabattus voters approved the budget 523-186, Litchfield approved it 419-378 and Wales voters approved it 216-76. The budget is up $355,984, or 1.89 percent, from this fiscal year’s $18.81 million. The majority of the increase […]
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Lisbon voters OK school budget
LISBON — Lisbon voters Tuesday approved a $16.4 million school budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The tally was 1,057 to 656. The budget is 4.3 percent higher than this fiscal year. Of the total, $7 million will be raised by taxes, an increase of $493,786 from the current budget, or a 7.5 percent increase.
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Misty Coolidge wins House primary in 65th District
NEW GLOUCESTER — A political newcomer who operates the Coolidge Family Farm, a popular wedding venue, won a state House primary by a wide margin Tuesday. Misty Coolidge beat Democrat Robert Maheu in the 65th District race that includes New Gloucester and part of Poland. Coolidge racked up 84 percent of the 599 votes cast […]
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Kennedy Park melee lands man in critical condition
[UPDATE: ‘They just started ganging up on us:’ Lewiston residents describe brawl near Kennedy Park] LEWISTON — State and local police are investigating a melee late Tuesday night in the area of Kennedy Park involving at least two dozen teenagers, pre-teens and three adult males, authorities said. One of the men remains in critical condition following surgery, […]
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro survives Tuesday recall by less than 100 votes
WATERVILLE — City residents on Tuesday by a 91-vote margin rejected a recall of Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro following a controversial tweet in which he criticized a student who survived a school shooting. Isgro prevailed in the vote with 1,563 against the recall and 1,472 in support of it. Election results were announced at 10:47 […]
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Trump declares via Twitter the North Korea nuclear threat is over
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that there was “no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” a dubious claim following his summit with leader Kim Jong Un that produced no guarantees on how and when Pyongyang would disarm. “Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer […]
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Lewiston Middle School student who drowned on field trip identified
[do_widget id=td_block_7_widget-12] POLAND — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office has identified the 13-year-old boy from Lewiston Middle School who died Tuesday at Range Pond State Park. Rayan A. Issa of Lewiston, a seventh-grade student at the school, drowned Tuesday while on a school field trip, according to a release from Chief Deputy William Gagne. The […]
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Mother says ‘we’re very thankful to be alive’ after fire kills her uncle
LIVERMORE FALLS — A police officer and family helped save the lives Tuesday night of two brothers who jumped from a burning three-story house on Main Street. The fire claimed the life of Peter Dyer, 65, who lived on the first floor, officials said. Dyer’s niece, Amy Mosher, 35, said Wednesday that she and her […]