SCARBOROUGH — Three incumbents were re-elected Nov. 4 to the Board of Trustees of the Scarborough Sanitary District. Chairman Jason Greenleaf, clerk Charles Andreson, and Robert McSorley were re-elected with 5,942, 4,308 and 5,407 votes, respectively. Newcomer Ronald Bonneau received 3,540 votes. The three incumbents share backgrounds in engineering and long-term service as trustees. McSorley, a […]
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GOP House wins: Timmons over Denno, Chace unseats Graham
CUMBERLAND — Republican Mike Timmons narrowly defeated Democrat Dale Denno, 2,472 to 2,446, Tuesday to win the state House District 45 seat. Meanwhile, Durham Republican Paul Chace unseated Rep. Anne Graham, D-North Yarmouth, 2,503 to 2,295, in House District 46. Timmons and Denno, both of Cumberland, ran for the redistricted House District 45, which includes […]
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Incumbents hold Scarborough School Board seats
SCARBOROUGH — Incumbents Christine Massengill and Kelly Noonan Murphy were re-elected to the School Board Nov. 4 with 5,635 votes and 6,921 votes, respectively. The two were unopposed until declared write-in candidate Michael Turek joined the race in early October. Turek received 1,284 votes, according to unofficial results. Massengill and Murphy have both served on the […]
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Gerzofsky beats back challengers in Senate District 24
BRUNSWICK — Long-time state legislator Stan Gerzofsky won another term in the Maine Senate Tuesday in a three-way race to represent District 24. Gerzofsky, a Democrat, received 48 percent of the vote, beating back challenges from Republican Jennifer Johnson and Green Independent Fred Horch. According to unofficial results released Tuesday night, the incumbent senator had […]
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Falmouth overwhelmingly backs $2.8M bond to expand library
FALMOUTH — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported the only referendum question on the town ballot, to finance half the funds needed to renovate and expand Falmouth Memorial Library. Unofficial results showed the $2.8 million bond referendum passed with more than 60 percent of the vote, 4,005 to 2,559. The project will cost $5.6 million, with the […]
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Cooper, Gideon win re-election to Maine House
YARMOUTH — Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Janice Cooper was re-elected Tuesday in House District 47. Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, also won re-election in House District 48. Cooper defeated challenger Republican Rick Snow 2,759 to 2,236. District 47 consists of Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, and Long Island. Cooper has lived in Yarmouth 17 years and currently works for […]
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Congress: Poliquin defeats Cain, Pingree breezes
BANGOR — Republican Bruce Poliquin is projected by the Bangor Daily News to have defeated Democrat Emily Cain in the race to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Independent Blaine Richardson was a distant third. In the 1st Congressional District, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree easily won re-election in a three-way contest. Pingree received almost […]
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Maine rejects ban on bear baiting
PORTLAND — Maine voters have rejected a ban on bear baiting, trapping and hounding for the second time in 10 years. With almost half of precincts reporting Tuesday, “no” votes on Question 1 had secured an insurmountable lead of almost 20,000 votes. The outcome was apparent for most of election night, as the vote tally […]
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage wins second term; Michaud concedes
LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage, the outspoken former businessman who rode a Republican wave into the governor’s mansion and late-night talk show jokes in 2010, has won re-election in Maine. Despite Democrats’ best efforts to turn the gubernatorial race into a referendum on the controversial governor, LePage’s message of lower taxes, leaner, more efficient government […]
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South Portland narrowly approves marijuana legalization
SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters legalized marijuana on Election Day, joining Portland as the second city in the state to do so. The citizen-initiated referendum passed 6,326 to 5,755. The ordinance will make it legal for citizens 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use. “We’re glad that the residents […]