Ranked-choice runoffs were held at Portland City Hall on Wednesday morning to decide the winners of the Portland school board election.
June 2022
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Chenette wins York County Commission District 3 race
There is no Republican or independent in the running for the November contest; Chenette is virtually assured of being the next District 3 county commissioner.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Election results: Gattine wins Democratic primary for House District 126
He defeated his opponent, Jean-Marie Caterina, in the Democratic primary, 334-224.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Dykstra, Matthews-Bull elected to Kennebunkport select board
Voters narrowly reject permission for town to place internally lit signs on municipal property.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland and Cape Elizabeth school budgets approved
Sartoris claims Democratic nomination for Cumberland County District Attorney.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Parade honors Gorham’s 2022 grads
School buses, police cruisers and fire trucks accompanied vehicles decked out with balloons and congratulatory signs in a parade to honor the Gorham High School Class of 2022 following graduation ceremonies June 12.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Ford recalls almost 3 million vehicles at risk of rollaway crashes
The recall covers certain 2013 to 2019 Escape, 2013 to 2018 C-Max, 2013 to 2016 Fusion, 2013 to 2021 Transit Connect, and 2015 to 2018 Edge vehicles.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. abortion rate rises, reversing three decades of declines
The Guttmacher Institute study’s authors cited several possible reasons for the increase, including greater private funding to support abortion access and expanded Medicaid coverage for the procedure in some states.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Fish ladder traffic study underway in Westbrook
Scientists are using fish tracking devices to study the efficiency of the new fish ladder at Saccarappa Falls in Westbrook, one of the final steps toward the project’s official completion. The Maine Department of Marine Resources is catching fish at the Cumberland Mills ladder, inserting radio transmitters into their esophagi and releasing them back into […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: June 15
Telling Room students earn literacy awards Work by two Telling Room students received 2022 Maine Literacy Awards from Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Leigh Ellis won the Youth Competition in Poetry prize for “Squid Season.” Linh Nguyen was named the winner of the Youth Competition in Nonfiction for “Our Shared Language.” Other Telling Room finalists […]