Hannah Bitjoka took the District 3 seat by more than 1,000 votes.
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Cape Elizabeth elects Altenburg, Scifres and Curry-Sparks to School Board
Incumbents Heather Altenburg and Elizabeth Scifres, and newcomer Kathleen Curry-Sparks, were elected to the Cape Elizabeth School Board on Tuesday in a seven-way race.
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Gabrielson, Reiniger, Gillis elected in tight Cape Elizabeth council race
The fourth candidate in the race for the three seats lost by just five votes.
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Scarborough voters approve high school track replacement, fire truck
Scarborough voters passed two referendum questions on Tuesday, approving a $1.9 million bond to replace the high school turf field and track, and $725,000 in bonds to fund the cost of a new fire truck.
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South Portland voters approve $4.5M land acquisition bond
The city will use the funds to acquire land and open spaces for the public to access.
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Charter change approved in Bath
Bath voters approved a charter change to expand items excluded from the city’s annual spending limit by a vote of 1,773 to 876 Tuesday. City leaders advocated for the change, saying it would avoid $900,000 in budget cuts while not raising residents’ taxes. In 1988, voters approved a spending cap to keep tax rates low. […]
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Newcomers elected to Bath City Council
Bath voters elected two new members to the city council Tuesday when Louis “Roo” Dunn and Mary Ellen Bell prevailed at the polls. Dunn defeated Timothy Pratt 187-162. Dunn will take over Raye Leonard’s Ward 4 seat for a three-year term. Ward 4 covers a strip of central Bath between Bedford and Academy streets from […]
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Spelke, Timberlake take Topsham seats in SAD 75 election
Newcomer Amy Spelke won a three-year seat on the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board over Jim Burak on Tuesday, while Michael Timberlake beat out two other candidates. The two will represent Topsham on the board. Spelke defeated challenger Burak 2,435 to 1,101 to win the three-year seat, which was held by Dorothy Gardiner. […]
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Harris wins Brunswick School Board seat
Erica Carley Harris won the District 3 school board seat in a four-way race for the only contested position on the Brunswick ballot this year, unofficial results on Tuesday night show. Early results showed Harris with 598 votes, defeating Thomas Deschaine, who had 251 votes, Catherine Hull, who received 185 votes and Shaun Hogan, who […]