Even before Tuesday’s failed vote on Question 1, the group behind the home care referendum was working on its next effort, a measure that would ensure the availability of paid sick leave for all Maine workers. The latest potential referendum effort by the progressive Maine People’s Alliance would require all employers in the state to […]

WELLS — Republican Robert Foley of Wells, an insurance salesman and former Wells town selectman who is serving his second term as a state representative, will return to Augusta as a senator. In Tuesday’s election, he won the race for Senate District 34 seat, which includes Acton, Kennebunk, Lebanon, North Berwick, Wells and part of […]

LYMAN — Residents voted 1,605 to 530 to allow the town to sell the former Cousens School building. The former Cousens School, located at 382 Goodwin’s Mills Road, was acquired by the town from Regional School Unit 57 in 2008 for $22,000. The building was built in 1937, and an addition was constructed in 1967. The […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — On Tuesday, voters in Old Orchard Beach approved by a margin of 2,513 to 1,436 a $1 million bond that will cover the majority of the cost for a new administration building at the town’s wastewater treatment facility. The town’s wastewater treatment facility, located at 24 Manor St., processes wastewater from […]

LEBANON – Republican Theodore Kryzak beat his Democratic challenger Daniel Lauzon for the Maine House District 20 seat in Tuesday’s election. The vote in the district, which includes Acton, Lebanon and part of Shapleigh, was 2,215 to 1,642. Kryzak has prior experience in politics. He served one year on the Acton School Board, six years […]

SACO — Residents of Saco approved six changes to the city’s charter in Tuesday’s election. A charter change that will change the City Council member’s terms to three-year, staggered terms was approved by voters 5,103 to 3,632. Currently, city councilors and the mayor have two-year terms, and are up for re-election in odd-numbered years. After […]

ALFRED — Nancy Hammond of Lyman will be York County’s next Register of Deeds, handily besting her opponent, Michael Provencher of Waterboro in Tuesday’s election for the open seat. Hammond, a Democrat, received 53,359 votes , while Republican Provencher received 39,401 votes in unofficial totals. She will begin her four-year term Jan. 1. Hammond, 54, […]

ALFRED — York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery has won a third term in office. Democrat Slattery, of Old Orchard Beach, earned 47, 706 votes in unofficial totals Tuesday, while her opponent, Independent Bernard Broder of Sanford earned 41,870 votes. Slattery, 58, said she hopes to build on some of the initiatives from her first […]

ALFRED — Incumbent York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. was returned to office Tuesday, beating his Republican opponent Roger Hicks by more than 13,000 votes. King, of Saco, earned 53,687 votes to lead the York County Sheriff’s Office for a second four-year term. Hicks, a retired sergeant with the department, garnered 40,243 votes, prevailing […]

SANFORD — Incumbent Democrat Patricia Hymanson defeated Republican Bradley Moulton on Tuesday in their third match-up to represent House District 4. A retired neurologist and small business owner, Hymanson earned 2,884 votes to Moulton’s 2,158 in the district that includes parts of Sanford, Wells and York and all of Ogunquit. Hymanson has served on the […]