Democrats around the state will caucus March 2 to choose candidates the general election in November.

U.S. Congressman …

SWANVILLE - A vote here on petitioning the Department of Education for withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20 will not be held on Tuesday, according to town officials. 

Selectwoman Cindy…

SWANVILLE - Selectmen on Thursday set a date of Dec. 17 for a municipal referendum on whether to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 20.

Swanville is the last of six towns from the…

SEARSPORT - Voters at a special town meeting Thursday approved spending up to $475,000 toward completing a nearly-20-year-old program of repairs to the town wharf. 

Roughly 80…

BURNHAM - Given a choice between converting their former elementary school into town offices and selling the building Burnham voters on Nov. 5 favored selling…

BELFAST - In the first three-way race for mayor in over a decade, voters re-elected incumbent Walter Ash for a fourth term by a nearly two-to-one margin over his closest competitor.

Ash won…

Following are Waldo County town tallies for the five state bond questions. View a more detailed breakdown of the state ballot questions…

Following are Knox County town tallies for the five state bond questions. View a more detailed breakdown of the state ballot questions…

CAMDEN — By a vote of 1,124 in favor and 239 opposed, Camden voters approved a proposal to borrow $2 million and help fund a $6.5 million mountain improvement…

BELFAST –  This is my first time voting for mayor in this town. 

I grew up here in Belfast, and have continued to live…

AUGUSTA - Election Day always comes with a slate of state ballot questions, and this year it’s bonds, bonds and more bonds — almost $150 million worth ($182 million with interest), to…

BELFAST – The city’s three candidates for mayor sat down together for the first time at a public forum, Oct. 24. During the 75 minute session, they talked about their backgrounds and…

Hello, I am Hal Perry, candidate for Rockland City Council.

I have lived and work here for 13 years.

I have been involved in numerous organizations.

From these groups I learned…

BELFAST - Two days after formally announcing his candidacy for governor, independent Eliot Cutler swung through the Midcoast, touring Front Street Shipyard in Belfast then heading to a fundraiser…

Voters from the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 collectively approved the school district’s 2013-14 budget on Tuesday by a vote of 914-749. The validation ended a stalemate between district…

MONTVILLE - An inspection by the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office earlier this year set the stage for an upcoming special town meeting, Sept. 28, at which residents will be asked to consider the…

BELFAST - With nominations recently closed, city residents can look forward to the first three-way race for mayor in over a decade — or more dramatically, the first of the millenium.

T…

BELMONT - Voters in a special refendum Thursday favored a second attempt to withdraw from Regional School Unit 20 by a tally of 36-15.

The town joins Belfast, where voters approved a new…

BELFAST - “For your information, RSU #20 is currently running on the last budget passed by the voters at the Budget Meeting on July 22, 2013.”

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BELFAST - With just over two weeks remaining for candidates to file nomination papers, at least one of the three open seats in city government will be contested and a contest is shaping up for two…

Voters from the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 rejected the district’s proposed school budget for the second time in a referendum on Tuesday.

Turnout at the polls was low across the…

BELFAST – Voters in the eight towns of Regional School Unit 20 will take a second shot at the district's 2013-14 budget in a referendum Tuesday, July 30. The $…

SEARSPORT - Voters at a special town meeting Wednesday rejected a proposal to build a new North Searsport fire station. They also declined to keep the land on which the station would have been…

BELFAST - An ambitious bid by six Waldo County towns to secede from Regional School Unit 20 was approved by an overwheming majority of voters in a June 11 referendum. The vote won't count, however…

WALDO COUNTY - Democracy is messy as the adage goes, and the kind practiced at annual town meetings around Maine is no exception. Some towns have become known for hot debates on a particular issue…

FREEDOM - Four years after the town's commercial development review ordinance was thrown out to make way for a controversial wind energy development, voters…

SEARSPORT - A vote Saturday on what was arguably the biggest item on the warrant at Searsport's annual town meeting — an allocation of up to $762,000 for a new North Searsport fire station — had…

SEARSPORT - Tallies from municipal elections held Tuesday showed Meredith Ares besting Travis Otis in a race for a vacant seat on the town's select board, but only by two votes. A recount held…

After months of campaigning, more than 21,000 votes cast and an official recount, a winner has been decided in the Maine State Senate District 20 race.

AUGUSTA - A recount of the House District 45 election results held Monday morning upheld the unofficial outcome, giving the victory to challenger Brian Jones (D-Freedom) over incumbent Ryan Harmon…

AUGUSTA - Recounts have been requested in the Maine House District 45 and Senate District 20 races, according to Megan Sanborn, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State's Office, who said 14…

Following a race that had more than 21,500 votes cast and was separated by fewer than 130, Republican Les Fossel will seek a recount.

Fossel, R-Alna, lost to incumbent Chris Johnson, D-…

BELFAST - At the close of polls on Election Night, workers at the city's three polling places printed out tallies from the optical ballot readers, posting those unofficial results for the benefit…

MIDCOAST - Several Maine Legislature races were close enough that they could be subject to recounts should the losing candidate choose to challenge the results.

As of noon Friday, Nov. 9,…

Unenrolled candidate for House District 42 Joe Brooks has defeated Republican Leo Lachance by a margin of 53 votes. Brooks will take over the seat held by Peter Rioux, who did not seek reelection…

MIDCOAST - Does money win elections in Maine? It's a broad question, so let's say "maybe." We've all heard of candidates who spent a personal fortune trying to get elected to only to lose. But…

Maine House District 41 incumbent James Gillway (R-Searsport) won a second term in the state legislature, defeating Meredith Ares (D-Searsport). Totals from the six towns, Frankport, Orland,…

Brian Jones (D-Freedom) defeated Maine House District 45 incumbent Ryan Harmon (R-Palermo) by 26 votes according to results submitted from the eight towns of the Western Waldo County district 2,…

Maine District 23 Sen. Michael Thibodeau (R-Winterport) is the presumed winner of a second term in the state legislature representing Waldo County. Thibodeau held off challenger Glenn "Chip"…

Two-term Waldo County Judge of Probate Susan Longley (D-Liberty) is the anticipated winner of a third term, beating former probate judge Randy Mailloux (R-Belfast) in what was a hotly-contested…

Voters in Belfast, Belmont and Northport gave Dist. 43 Rep. Erin Herbig (D-Belfast) the green light for a second term in Augusta. Herbig beat challenger Donna Hopkins (R-Belmont) in all three…

BELFAST - Mary Mortier edged out Chris Knight in the only contested Belfast City Council race, winning the Ward 1 seat vacated by two-term Councilor Marina Delune.

Delune opted not to run…

District 44: (Islesboro, Liberty, Lincolnville, Morrill, Searsmont, Appleton, Hope): Lloyd S. Chase, Democrat,  Jethro D. Pease, Republican

District 48: Criehaven Township, Matinicus Isle Plantation, South Thomaston, St. George, Thomaston, portion of Owls Head; Michael D. Collins (R), Charles B. Kruger (D)

Walter A. Kumiega III (D) won the seat serving Isle au Haut, North Haven and Vinalhaven at the Maine State House,…

Ed Mazurek (D), of Rockland, moved ahead of Chris Rector in the bid for Maine Senate District 22, which comprises Appleton, Camden, Criehaven Township, Cushing, Hope,…

Camden and Rockport voters reelected Joan Welsh, D, of Rockport, to another term at the Maine State House, casting 3,180 votes to 1,982.

 

LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville voters approved expanding a cramped town office, voting 806 to 613 in favor of the $690,000 project.

Proposed improvements include an improved lobby and sitting…

CAMDEN — Two ordinance amendments were passed by Camden voters. The measures to loosen regulations governing nonconforming use, business or residential, were approved 1,704 to 1,135. The…

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