BRUNSWICK — A public forum with Town Council candidates will be held Thursday, Oct. 2, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Town Office. The forum will be hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Brunswick Area. State Rep. Andrew Mason, D-Topsham, will be the moderator.  Candidates will be given brief time limits for introductory and […]

BRUNSWICK — Incumbent Town Councilor Gerald Favreau is facing an election challenge for the first time in six years in District 5. Dan Harris, a newcomer to Brunswick, is challenging the three-term councilor for his seat, which represents neighborhoods in east Brunswick and includes Cook’s Corner and Brunswick Landing.  While the two candidates agree on […]

BRUNSWICK — State Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Michael Stevens in her bid for a second term representing District 49. The district covers east Brunswick, including downtown commercial and residential areas and rural neighborhoods near Durham and Freeport, as well as the neighborhoods adjacent to a proposed Downeaster passenger […]

BRUNSWICK — The committee rewriting the town’s zoning rules intends to prepare an interim draft ordinance to present to at least one more public hearing this fall before submitting a final proposal to the Planning Board. At a workshop Tuesday, the three-member panel agreed to schedule a series of meetings in early October to work […]

TOPSHAM — Selectmen David Douglass and Ronald Riendeau face a challenge from former Town Clerk Ruth Lyons in the Nov. 4 election. Meanwhile, there are no contests on the ballot for the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors, where three candidates are running for three open seats. Monday, Sept. 22, was the deadline for […]

HARPSWELL — The Maine Coast Heritage Trust is poised to take ownership of The Goslings, a group of small islands near Harpswell in Casco Bay, after successfully raising $925,000 to buy and conserve the land.  The state-wide land conservation nonprofit has spent the better part of four months raising money to buy the islands from […]

TOPSHAM — Candidates from three parties are vying this fall for the state House seat being vacated by Rep. Andrew Mason, D-Topsham. Republican Kim Talbot of West Schoolhouse Crossing Road is competing against Democrat Denise Tepler of Homeplace and Green Independent Daniel Stromgren of Coombs Road in District 54. Daniel Stromgren Stromgren, 41, is married […]

BATH — Barring write-in campaigns, two of the four open seats on the City Council will be uncontested in November. The deadline for candidates to file nomination papers was Sept. 16. City Councilors Meadow Merrill, David Sinclair and Andrew Winglass are not running again for their respective Ward 1, Ward 6 and at-large seats. Ward […]