Elections

Taking a closer look at the issues

CAMDEN — Perhaps you haven’t voted, yet. And perhaps you haven’t decided for whom to cast your ballot. If that is you, and you live in Senatorial District 12 (pretty much Knox County) then watch…

I am a Belfast resident working hard to get Jonathan Fulford elected as the next state senator for Waldo County. I heard him speak at the Waldo County Candidates Forum held on Sept. 28 at the…

Rockland, Rockport, Camden, Hope and Owls Head area

 The Aldersgate United Methodist Church is offering free transportation to the polls for early absentee voting on either Friday, October 28, or Tuesday, November 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. on each day.…

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Gina Sawyer is seeking the open one-year term, November 2016 to June 2017, on the Lincolnville Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. The seat became available before it…

Four candidates vie for two Rockland City Council seats

ROCKLAND – Four candidates on the Nov. 8  ballot seeking a seat on the Rockland City Council include Larry Pritchett, Brian Harden, Ed Glaser and Steve Carroll. They all met at City Hall for a…

Sonja Sleeper, R-South Thomaston, is seeking to represent District 92 — Cushing, South Thomaston, St. George, Thomaston,…

Throughout this campaign season, Maine Senator Chris Johnson has been a consistently positive and pro-active candidate. He has…

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Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, is seeking reelection to the  House seat that represents Owls Head and Rockland in the Maine Legislature.


I live in…

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Rosendel “Rosey” Gerry is seeking the open one-year term, November 2016 to June 2017, on the Lincolnville Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. The seat became available…

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Josh Gerritsen is seeking the open one-year term, November 2016 to June 2017, on the Lincolnville Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. The seat became available before it…

Opinion

Compromise is hard, especially when it's your side has that has to do most of the compromising. Many of you have asked me how I will vote on the waste disposal question being put before voters in…

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Owen Casas, I-Rockport, is seeking the House seat for District 94, which comprises Camden, Rockport and Islesboro.

Owen Casas was born and raised in Washington, Maine, and now lives…

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Emily Trask-Eaton, D-Waldoboro, seeks to represent House District 91, which comprises Friendship, part of Union, Waldoboro and Washington.

I grew up in the fishing village of…

Incumbent Waldo County Judge of Probate Susan W. Longley has announced her campaign for reelection.

"I run for re-election for Waldo County Judge of Probate because I deeply value the many…

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Elinor Goldberg, D-Hope, is seeking the seat representing House District 95, which comprises Appleton, Hope, part of Union, and Warren.

I have lived and worked…

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Kathleen Meil, D-Rockport, is seeking the House seat for District 94, which comprises Camden, Rockport and Islesboro.

I understand the challenges Maine families face because I’m…

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 Jonathan Fulford is seeking the seat for Senate District 11, which comprises Belfast, Belmont, Brooks, Burnham, Freedom, Islesboro, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville,…

All November 2016 candidates invited to appear on the Chris Wolf Show...

Our guest on the Wednesday, Sept. 28, The Chris Wolf Show will be Kathleen Meil (D-Rockport), a candidate for Maine House District 94, representing Camden, Rockport and Isleboro…

Boothbay Harbor: Municipal Building, 11 Howard Street, Boothbay Harbor, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.   Boothbay: Town Office, 1011 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.…

LINCOLNVILLE — Susan C. Thiem this week announced she is running for Judge of Probate of Waldo County.

Born in Springfield, Mass., Thiem received her Doctor of Law degree from Western New…

2016 Camden Town Meeting...

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House was nearly filled Wednesday night, June 15, for the annual Camden Town Meeting, and although there was some back and forth about the…

2016 Camden Town Meeting...

CAMDEN — Camden Town Meeting moderator Roger Moody was forced to request a vote count Wednesday night, when the show of hands vote on whether to enact the town’s new bird feeding ordinance came up…

2016 Camden Town Meeting...

CAMDEN - Following some passionate discussion on both sides of the much talked-about and publicly debated $297,303 Snow Bowl deficit, the full house of Camden voters at the Opera House voted in…

LIBERTY — Voters in the western Waldo County town of Liberty came out to vote June 14, along with a small percentage of the rest of Maine’s eligible voters to participate in the state primary.…

JACKSON — Voters in the Waldo County town of Jackson passed the RSU 3 school budget Tuesday, June 14, and also cast ballots in the state primary race.

The results follow.

FREEDOM — In the June 14 primary in Freedom, 21 voters came out to cast ballots on the state Democratic ticket, and 12 came out to cast votes in the Republican field. The town also passed the RSU…

SEARSPORT — Voters in the Waldo County coastal town of Searsport approved the RSU 20 school budget Tuesday, June 14. In the primary, 53 votes were case on Republican side and  49 on the Democratic…

STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Springs voters approved the RSU 20 school budget Tuesday, June 14, and voted Peter Curley onto the Selectboard for three years and Vern Thompson as fire chief.

SWANVILLE — Swanville was another Waldo County town with low voter turnout Tuesday, June 14, a trend across the Midcoast.

Results of Swanville’s primary election and school budget referendum…

UNITY — Of Unity’s approximately 1,889 residents, 63 registered voters went to the polls today in town to participate in the primaries. Of the total, 30 voters cast ballots in the Republican…

Thorndike — Of Thorndike’s approximately 890 residents, just a little more than three dozen registered voters went to the polls in town today, June 14, to participate in the primaries.

The…

UNITY — Of Unity’s approximately 1,889 residents, 63 registered voters went to the polls today in town to participate in the primaries. Of the total, 30 voters cast ballots in the Republican…

VINALHAVEN — Vinalhaven, (population approximately 1,165) today, June 14, had nearly 20 percent election turnout at the polls, with 138 voters casting ballots in the Republican (36) and Democratic…

APPLETON — Appleton, (population approximately 1,316) today, June 14, had a fairly strong election turnout at the polls, with 100 voters casting ballots in the Republican and Democratic primary,…

Pingree and Holbrook as candidates to Congress

THOMASTON — Voters in Thomaston (population approximately 2, 781) today, June 14, went to the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican and Democratic primary.

Democratic Primary…

BELFAST — Belfast, (population approximately 6,660 per the 2010 census) today, June 14, and just over 600 registered voters visited the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican and Democratic…

BELMONT — 63 voters went to the polls today in Belmont to participate in the primaries. The results are as follows.

RSU 71

CAMDEN — Camden, (population approximately 4,850) today, June 14, had a fairly strong election turnout at the polls, with voters casting ballots in the Republican and Democratic primary, as well…

PALERMO — Town of Palermo votes fo State Primary, RSU #12 Budget, and Special Town Vote: Waste Management.

RSU #12 Budget Validation Referendum

Question 1: Approval of RSU 12 budget…

ROCKPORT — History was made at the Rockport polls today, June 14, when 98 write-in votes were cast for Rockport Police Chief Mark Kelley to be on the town’s Budget Committee.

“He broke the…

SOUTH THOMASTON — South Thomaston, (population approximately 1,558) June 14 results.

Primary election results:

Republican Representative to Congress, District…

ROCKLAND — Voters in Rockland elected Adam Ackor to the City Council and approved the school budgets. The total number of ballots cast were 322.

The results are as follows:

City…

OWLS HEAD — Voters in Owls Head (population approximately 1,580) today, June 14, went to the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican…

MORRILL — The Waldo County town of Morrill, (population approximately 884) today, June 14, had just over 100 registered voters visit the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican and…

BURNHAM — Burnham, (population approximately 1,164) today, June 14, and 21 registered voters visit the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican and Democratic primary.

Primary…

WARREN —  Warren voters approve budget and bond referendums, and fill two selectmen seats Tuesday, June 14.

 

Selectmen Seat #4

Carole Courtenay: 198

Orrin Parker: 126

WALDO — Twenty six voters cast ballots in the primaries in Waldo. They also approved RSU 3 budget warrants. The results are as follows.

Question 1

Yes, 16

No, 13

 

CUSHING — Republican voters in Cushing voted by the same numbers during the Tuesday, June 14 Primary election in Cushing. Mark…

ROCKPORT — The turnout at the polls June 14 in Rockport was healthy, even thriving, according to town staff and volunteers. More than 600 residents cast their votes, and 120 sent theirs in via…