The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a question about allowing student access to materials that some parents may find objectionable. The question comes a few months after charged public conversation around […]
election 2024
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Four on June ballot for two spots on Falmouth School Board
The candidates discuss goals, the school budget, the district’s Intercultural Awareness and Inclusion Committee, and the appropriate role of cell phones in school settings.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Judge won’t restrict Trump statements that could endanger law officers in classified records case
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said that prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team didn’t give defense lawyers adequate time to discuss the request before it was filed Friday evening.
Posted inKennebunk Post
Kennebunk Select Board candidates feature climate change, housing platforms
The candidates discussed the important issues facing Kennebunk at a recent candidate night.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Candidates in 7-way race for 3 Cumberland council seats talk taxes and more
Mark Franco, Tanner Storey, Denise Thorsson, Geoffrey Michalak, Helene DiBartolomeo, Andrew Magoun and George Turner are running for three seats on the Town Council.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Our judicial system is also on the 2024 ballot
The message needs to be explicit, and frequent: The courts are on the ballot too.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Only one reasonable choice for president
For those who are dismayed by the choices available in the coming presidential election, I would suggest there is only one reasonable choice: Joe Biden. Yes, he is old, and for some, too much of a centrist, not progressive enough. For others, he is too liberal. But what are the alternatives? Donald Trump? It should […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
OOB residents to vote on $9.8 million sewer bond
The project is one of “resiliency,” client strategist Brent Bridges said last week.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Biddeford voters will be asked to approve $47 million school budget this June
The budget has increased by $3.2 million from last year.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November
Alaska’s new electoral system – with open primaries and ranked-choice voting – has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box.