Dominic Reali of Amatos, left, leads a team of volunteers in carefully depositing a 60-foot-plus lobster roll on a table on Commercial Street during Sunday’s effort to earn a Guinness Book world record. The record-breaking sandwich was eventually cut into pieces and sold to people at the Old Port Festival. (Rich Obrey photo) Before the […]

PORTLAND — A small percentage of voters turned out Tuesday to elect members of a commission that will make recommendations that could significantly change the face of city government. Just 3,519 of the city’s 49,086 voters – or 7.17 percent – cast ballots to elect nine representatives to the Charter Commission. The commission is charged […]

YARMOUTH — Nearly 10 percent of registered voters cast their ballots Tuesday to elect incumbent Erving Bickford and former Chairman Carl Winslow to the Town Council. Voters also elected three School Committee members, a Water District Trustee, and ratified the $19.5 million school budget. According to Town Clerk Jennifer Doten, the unofficial results of Tuesday’s municipal […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — With just over 60 percent of the votes, incumbent Paul Napolitano was re-elected Tuesday to the Board of Selectmen. His opponent, Timothy Porter, received 127 votes, or just under 40 percent of the ballots cast. Napolitano said Wednesday morning that he was pleased to have won, in part because he felt he […]

CUMBERLAND — Voters overwhelmingly approved a Town Council decision to grant a contract zone for a credit union on Main Street, and elected Karen Campbell to the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors in the only contested race in Tuesday’s election. Total turnout Tuesday was 33 percent of the town’s nearly 6,000 registered voters. […]

TOPSHAM — A $36.25 million School Administrative 75 budget for fiscal 2010 passed its final hurdle Tuesday, winning approval from voters in the district’s four towns 854-376. “We’re very pleased that all our hard work over the last several months has come to fruition,” SAD 75 Business Manager Peter Gray said Tuesday night. He added that […]

FALMOUTH — Challenger Fred Chase unseated incumbent Town Council Vice Chairman Joe Wrobleski and incumbent council Chairman Will Armitage retained his seat in Tuesday’s municipal election. Town Clerk Ellen Planer said unofficial results showed Chase was the top vote-getter, with 789; Armitage was right at his heels, with 783. Wrobleski finished third with 630 votes […]

BRUNSWICK — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a $33.4 million budget for the Brunswick School Department. Voters accepted the spending plan, 617-128, a nearly 5-1 margin. According to Town Clerk Fran Smith, 746 voters cast ballots during the state-mandated budget validation vote, a turnout of just under 5 percent. Brunswick has 15,251 registered voters. Smith […]