FREEPORT — Two local business owners who have never sought elected office are competing for an at-large seat on the Town Council. Henry “Chip” Lawrence III and James Hendricks are vying to replace council Chairman Bill Muldoon, who is not seeking re-election. Several other town elections are uncontested: • Incumbent Councilor Sara Gideon of Bow […]

PORTLAND — Voters on Nov. 2 will be asked if legal immigrants living in the city should be allowed to vote on local issues, including the school budget and City Council elections. While proponents of Question 4 say allowing non-citizen voting is a way for legal immigrants to have more of a voice in their […]

PORTLAND — As Election Day approaches, the “elected mayor” question has become the one to watch in the city, with organized efforts going door-to-door, staging press conferences and taking the debate to neighborhoods and schools. As part of its final report to the City Council this summer, the Charter Commission recommended the city elect a […]

PORTLAND — Hundreds of students streamed out of Riverton Elementary School at 3 p.m. on Friday and into their parents’ waiting cars and minivans. But about 150 students stayed behind. Intentionally. The students are participating in a new after-school academic enrichment program being funded by a portion of a three-year, $3.4 million federal school improvement […]

PORTLAND — A longtime Longfellow Square store specializing in old and rare books is clearing its shelves and closing its doors. Cunningham Books has been selling rare and out-of-print books from a spacious, storefront at the corner of Pine and State streets since 1991.  But in September, after nearly 20 years in business, owner Nancy […]

PORTLAND — Four candidates are running for two at-large seats on the City Council inNovember. Incumbent Councilors John Anton and Jill Duson are seeking re-election, Anton for a second term and Duson for a fourth. Charles Bragdon, a regular attendee at council meetings, is also on the ballot. He ran last year for the District […]

PORTLAND — When District 3 voters head to the polls Nov. 2 to elect a city councilor, both names on the ballot are likely to sound familiar. Edward Suslovic, a former at-large councilor who lost a re-election bid two years ago, will compete against Will Mitchell for the seat being vacated by Councilor Dan Skolnik. […]

HARPSWELL — Two candidates are vying for the House District 64 seat being vacated by Rep. Leila Percy, D-Phippsburg. Percy is prohibited from seeking re-election due to Legislative term limits. The candidates running to replace her are Democrat David I. Chipman of Basin Cove Road, and Kimberly N. Olsen of 1200 Main Road, Phippsburg, a […]

CUMBERLAND — A 19-year-old Mill Road resident died Monday after being injured in an ATV crash. Jesse P. Zacks was driving along Pleasant Valley Road at about 5 p.m. when he was thrown over the front of the vehicle, Police Chief Joseph Charron said Tuesday. The all-terrain vehicle landed on Zacks. Nearby residents pulled the […]

BRUNSWICK — Robert E. Thompson, a Republican, is challenging first-term incumbent Rep. Peter S. Kent, D-Woolwich, in House District 65. District 65 includes parts of Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich. Peter S. Kent Kent, 59, lives with his wife Megan Evens at 182 Montsweag Road, Woolwich. They have two school-age children. Kent has […]