PORTLAND — Voters Tuesday elected Edward Bryan to the School Committee, representing the West End and Parkside. Incumbent City Councilor Kevin Donoghue was re-elected to a second term representing District 1, defeating Charles Bragdon 2,625 to 1,364. Bryan defeated Anthony Zeli 2,294 to 1,792 in unofficial results released Tuesday night. In other School Committee races, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Challenger Jessica Holbrook upset incumbent Town Councilor Richard Sullivan by 416 votes Tuesday to win one of two council seats, 3,770 to 3,354. Councilor Carol Rancourt received the most votes with 4,627 and will retain her seat for a third, three-year term. Michael Hoglund, with 2,433 votes, rounded out the unofficial results. In […]

TOPSHAM — Donald Russell defeated James Morris Tuesday in a bid for one open seat on the Board of Selectmen. Russell edged Morris by a vote of 2,096 to 1,899. He will fill the seat being vacated by Selectman Michelle Derr, who chose not to seek re-election. Meanwhile, Dorothy Gardner ran unopposed for re-election to the […]

FREEPORT — With a voter turnout of 65 percent, three new members of the Sewer District Board of Trustees were elected Tuesday in the town’s only contested election. The newcomers include fire Chief Darell Fournier, civil engineer Art Colvin and college student Leland Arris III. Fournier said he was very pleased that the citizens elected […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council will have a significantly different ideological slant come January, after voters on Tuesday elected three candidates with strong backing from the business community.  In perhaps the most watched race, at-large Councilor Joanne King easily defeated Councilor Karen Klatt, the current District 4 councilor, 5,276 to 2,758. In District 4, John […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected an ordinance that would have eliminated year-round, off-leash access for dogs on Willard Beach and banned them completely for six months in the summer. City Clerk Sue Mooney said that 63 percent, or 11,611, of the city’s 18,348 registered voters turned out Tuesday. At one point, the […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Voters on Tuesday approved all four amendments to the Town Charter. Question 1 passed 1,669 to 206, Question 2 by 1,510 to 363, Question 3 by 1,388 to 455 and Question 4 by 1,069 to 774. Voter turnout was 63 percent. Perhaps the most pivotal of the four amendments, Question 4, is one […]

FREEPORT — Members of the Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation said they are committed to working with the town, the state and the Freeport Shellfish Commission to find solutions to pollution caused by manure runoff into the clam flats of Casco Bay. In a public meeting last Thursday, members of the Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation met with […]

Portland election worker Joanne Jones, right, watches as Reid Emmerich registers to vote Tuesday at his poling place in District 1.

PORTLAND — The City Council Monday gave the developer of a historic Congress Street building a tax break, saying renovation of the building could lead to rejuvenation of a depressed section of downtown. At the same meeting, councilors ordered another developer to demolish the Washington Avenue building he owns, which the city has deemed dangerous. […]