NORTHPORT - Residents left little question of their interest in leaving Regional School Unit 20, passing a withdrawal referendum by a vote of 762 to 86, with 18 blank ballots.
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Elections
2014 November Election Results
Question 1, the Bear Baiting Referendum, carried in Knox County Tuesday but failed in Waldo County. All of…
2014 November Election Results
State Senate District 12 includes all of Knox County except the town of Washington.
Results:
2014 November Election Results
The race for governor...Michaud wins in Knox and Waldo counties.
Knox County
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2014 November Election Results
U.S. House District 1 includes all of the towns in Knox County, as well as Waldoboro in Lincoln County.
District 1
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2014 November Election Results
Voting 1,163 to 226, residents in St. George approved withdrawing from RSU 13. They also approved a school administrative ordinance, 1,051 to 275.
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District 90
Anna Morkeski has seen the drawbacks of collusion between the public and private sectors.
Morkeski, 27, R-Damariscotta, said her hope…
Election 2014
Editor’s note: During the summer, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper collectively sought interviews with the three candidates for governor. Eliot Cutler and…
With a little over a week until Election Day, a number of voters have requested absentee ballots, and many have returned them. Maine doesn’t have early voting, but voters have increasingly used…
Senate District 11
Jonathan Fulford (D-Monroe) is seeking election to the Maine Senate, where he would represent the 26 municipalities of Waldo County. He is facing incumbent Sen. Michael Thibodeau (R-Winterport…
Elections 2014
At the Penobscot Bay Pilot, we’ve been working hard to put together great election resources. But if you were only going to read one thing before you went to the polls on Nov. 4, we would have to…
2014 November Election Results
Elizabeth Dickerson was elected over James Kalloch to serve as representative to the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 93 (Owls Head and Rockland).
Results:
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Video interviews with Betty Johnson and Donald Berry
BELFAST - If it were a boxing match, this year’s race for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1, would be worthy of a nickname like The Thrilla in Manilla.
For starters, Betty Johnson (D-…
‘We’ve got power, apparently, in this district and we’re still getting whacked.’
BELFAST - Augusta has shifted expenses to cities and towns. This is what municipal, county and school district officials say when they aren’t tearing each other limb from limb over rising property…
Elections 2014
Sen. Chris Johnson said his reelection is about the people who put him in the Maine state senate to begin with. The Democrat state senator from Somerville is seeking…
Elections 2014
Regardless of whether or not voters hand Republicans control of the U.S. Senate in November, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she will keep working across the aisle to form bipartisan coalitions…
Politics 2014: What happened to my district?
MIDCOAST — If you're just tuning in to the state legislative races, you may have noticed some disorienting changes. Local candidates seem to be vying for…
12 of 15 candidates confirmed as of Thursday morning
BELFAST — The Waldo County Municipal Association will be hosting a candidates’ forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s auditorium.
In attendance…
At least one Susan Collins, U.S. Senate campaign sign was defaced with a spray-painted swastika, probably overnight Sunday into Monday, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said Oct. 14.
A…
Local ballot will feature one name per Council ward
BELFAST - The lone contested City Council race recently became a one-candidate affair. Kassie Merrill withdrew her name earlier…
On the fisheries, small business, marketing Maine, marijuana
When independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler came by Knox Mill in Camden recently …
Fifty-minute discussion started with the the topic of marijuana and ended with sneakers for U.S. military
OWLS HEAD — In political contests, multi-term incumbents are often derided as “career politicians,” but U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud doesn’t shy away from his long tenure in government. If anything, he’…
Two vye for Ward 5 seat; no takers for RSU 20 board
BELFAST - 2014 was shaping up to be another year of uncontested City Council races. But a pair of last-minute entrants from Ward 5 have changed that. …
Maine not only has the longest bear hunting season at 66 days; it also has the largest bear population in the contiguous United States. The Department of Inland, Fisheries and Wildlife estimates…
Elections 2014
When Shenna Bellows was in fifth grade, she took up the trombone because the man who brought the instruments to the classroom said girls don’t play trombone.
It…
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will hold and broadcast four key political debates in October. The First …
On the road in Belfast with the District 11 challenger
BELFAST - Off a stretch of rural road in Belfast, state Senate candidate Jonathan Fulford disappeared behind a double-wide trailer. Ten minutes later he returned to an SUV driven by a Democratic…
Big boxes and economic development themes of councilors tenure
BELFAST - Two years ago, City Councilor Roger Lee tried to recruit a candidate to run in his place but found no takers. Given the demands of the job, he said,…
Wards 1, 2 and 5, two RSU 20 seats up for grabs in November
BELFAST - Nomination papers for a total of five seats on the City Council and RSU 20 board of directors are due by the end of the month. As of Friday, only one candidate had officially thrown his…
Election 2014
In his second bid for the Blaine House, Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler appears more daunted by the spoiler perception than anything else. Although Cutler garnered 36 percent of…
Jonathan Fulford: A Person for the People
Jonathan Fulford offers a unique opportunity to set straight many of the policy shifts promoted by Paul LePage and his Tea Party pal in the Senate,…
Congressman Mike Michaud (ME-2), Democratic candidate for Maine governor, will meet with veterans and other interested citizens on Monday, July 7 to discuss…
2014 June Primary
The results for Knox County towns continue to flow in, and these are the results for the towns that have reported thus far June 11 (including Lincolnville).
Knox County Results:
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2014 June Primary
St. George June election results:
LOCAL
RSU 13 budget
125 – Yes
70 – No
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2014 June Primary
Rockland June election results:
LOCAL
RSU 13 budget
211 – Yes
169 – No
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2014 June Primary
Lincolnville June election results:
LOCAL
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor: Three-year…
Bryant, Berry prevail, voters approve RSU 20 budget, fireworks rules in Lincolnville
In Waldo County primaries, June 10, Benjamin Bryant beat fellow Belfast Republican Thomas Burpee by a margin of 230-92 in the only contested…
2014 June Primary
Appleton June election results:
LOCAL
Article 3: Appleton Village School Budget
161 – Yes
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2014 June Primary
North Haven June election results:
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
U.S. Senator
Shenna Bellows – 23
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2014 June Primary
LOCAL
Emily Lane and Larry Hopkins were elected as Selectmen and both have accepted.
Selectman (vote for two…
2014 June Primary
Hope June election results:
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Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor (vote for two)
James…
2014 June Primary
South Thomaston June election results:
LOCAL
Regional School Unit No. 13 Budget Validation
71 –…
2014 June Primary
Camden June election results:
LOCAL
Select Board (vote for two)
James L. Heard – 398
Donald…
2014 June Primary
OWLS HEAD — Following are the election tallies in Owls Head Tuesday night. There were no local questions, other than the school budget.
Owls Head June 10 election results:
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All towns in district now potentially leaving
STOCKTON SPRINGS - Voters on Tuesday passed a measure to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20. With the approval, Stockton Springs …
Democratic challenger to Collins would seek out ‘unusual coalitions’
BELFAST - U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows started making national headlines recently when her fundraising in the last quarter of 2013 surpassed that of three-term Senator Susan Collins.
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Today, March 10, Les Fossel of Alna turned in the signatures for a place on the ballot as a candidate for Senate District 13 which covers most of Lincoln County,…
Incumbent and challenger win pair of seats on select board
SEARSPORT - Voters on Tuesday re-elected one selectmen, replaced another, and approved a measure to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20.
In a four-way race for two seats on the…
Town meeting ‘Super March’ kicks off this weekend
Town meeting season starts this coming weekend. Saturday marks the beginning of a run of annual town meetings in March. Many municipalities hold elections prior…
GOP Super Caucus to be held in Rockland
This weekend sees a slate of party caucuses for the 2014 elections.
Knox County Republicans have two events scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 1. Most towns fall under the umbrella of a Super…
