SABATTUS — Voters put the town’s former fire chief on the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday and returned one incumbent to office. Former fire Chief Don Therrien won the most votes in the six-way race for selectman with 396, according to results from Town Clerk Suzanne Adams. Incumbent and Board of Selectmen Chairman Mark Duquette […]
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Maine voters approve 5 bond packages
AUGUSTA — Maine residents have approved borrowing proposals totaling about $150 million that would pay for maintenance and improvements for roads, schools and armories. Voters on Tuesday approved all five bond packages, the only items on the statewide ballot. The biggest bond was a $100 million proposal for road and bridge projects. The others were $14 […]
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Voters approve water-quality ordinance
CHESTERVILLE — Residents voted 147-94 on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance to protect water quality in the town. The town’s Water Resources Protection Committee developed the ordinance. It sets guidelines on commercial water extraction and mineral extraction but does not prohibit them. The ordinance follows state law but is more stringent in a couple of […]
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South Portland rejects anti-oil pipeline initiative
SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents of South Portland have voted down an initiative aimed at blocking the flow of tar sands oil to the city. Voters rejected the referendum Tuesday by a margin of 4,453 to 4,261 votes. It would have banned the expansion and enlargement of any existing petroleum storage tanks or distribution facilities along […]
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Macdonald: ‘I’m trying to help everybody’
LEWISTON — Mayor Robert Macdonald figures it came down to personality. “There are a lot of people that just don’t like Larry Gilbert,” Macdonald said Tuesday. Macdonald kept his seat at the polls, defeating challenger and former mayor Gilbert 4,123 to 2,610. Macdonald said he thinks voters realize he’s working for them. “I really am […]
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LePage launches official bid for second term
AUGUSTA — Touting his actions over his words, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday he would seek a second term. Before a raucous crowd of supporters at a local community center, LePage hit on the highlights of his past three years in office, including his focus on eliminating domestic violence, prosecuting welfare cheats and reducing […]
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Mexico voters approve mobile home ordinance amendments
MEXICO — Residents voted 254-65 Tuesday to approve an amended version of the town’s mobile home park and mobile home ordinance, Town Clerk Penny Duguay said. The ordinance was the only local question on the ballot, Duguay said. It added a number of changes that would “give the ordinance some teeth” and provide stricter conditions, according […]
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Election Night Roundup
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Lawmaker plans to keep pressing for cold-case bill
EAST MILLINOCKET — State Rep. Steve Stanley, D-Medway, will appeal a Legislative Council decision rejecting one of two bills he proposed that are aimed at helping solve the 33-year-old murder of Joyce McLain, he said Tuesday. The Legislative Council voted 6-4 against taking up during the next Legislative session Stanley’s proposal that the state form a cold […]
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Maine Republican Party chair demands apology from Democratic counterpart
AUGUSTA — The chairman of the Maine Republican Party minced few words Tuesday in a news release demanding an apology from his Democratic counterpart. Maine GOP Chairman Rick Bennett said Maine Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant should apologize to state Rep. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, for saying Volk was attempting to “soften her edges” by supporting […]