Raymond voters returned Joe Bruno to the Board of Selectman once again on Tuesday. Bruno, 59, a Raymond selectman since 2006, narrowly defeated Louise Lester, Raymond’s town clerk from 2001-2014, by 30 votes. Bruno won 273 to 243, with 12 blank votes cast. For Bruno, who described Lester as a worthwhile adversary, the vote was […]
2015
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
School budgets pass in low turnouts
Despite weak turnouts, Westbrook, Gorham and School Administrative District 6 voters ratified school budgets in elections on June 9. Gorham voters handily approved a $35 million budget, 359-163. Gorham Town Clerk Jennifer Elliott said Wednesday 522 ballots were cast with 12,571 registered voters, representing a 4 percent turnout. Just 455 Westbrook voters approved a $33,992,591 […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
School budgets pass in low turnouts
Despite weak turnouts, Westbrook, Gorham and School Administrative District 6 voters ratified school budgets in elections on June 9. Gorham voters handily approved a $35 million budget, 359-163. Gorham Town Clerk Jennifer Elliott said Wednesday 522 ballots were cast with 12,571 registered voters, representing a 4 percent turnout. Just 455 Westbrook voters approved a $33,992,591 […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SoPo school budget passes with low turnout
SOUTH PORTLAND – With a voter turnout of just 3 percent, the South Portland school budget for the new fiscal year passed Tuesday with 379 voting in favor and 231 voting against the nearly $46.1 million spending package.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough school budget fails
SCARBOROUGH – On Tuesday Scarborough voters turned down the nearly $46.8 million school budget for the new fiscal year, with the vast majority of those voting saying the spending package was too high. The vote was 1,719 against and 1,408 in favor. When answering the question whether the spending was too high, acceptable or too […]
Posted inMaine, News
Coast Guard to decide fate of items loaned to Maine museum
A loan of about 700 items to the Maine Lighthouse Museum expired last year.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
RSU 5 budget passes, without Durham and Pownal OK
A huge margin of victory in Freeport on Tuesday provided passage of a 2015-2016 Regional School Unit 5 budget that represents a spending increase approaching 8 percent. Freeport residents voted 917-378 in favor of the $29,407,304 budget, while Durham and Pownal residents voted against it, as usual. The budget went down 142-376 in Durham and […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Low-paid workers shouldn’t have to sign noncompete agreements
What kind of corporate secrets would sandwich shop workers be privy to? A recipe for chunky penguin salad on rye?
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Kids unhurt when car and school bus collide in New Gloucester
Route 231 in New Gloucester was closed for three hours Wednesday morning due to a head-on collision involving a School Administrative District 15 school bus. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office investigated the crash, which took place at 8:50 a.m. near The Penny Store at the Penny and Intervale roads intersection. The bus was headed to […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
No injuries in nursing home fire
At around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening smoke was reported at the South Portland Nursing Home at 42 Anthoine Street. Fire crews arrived to find smoke in the lobby, and staff stated that a bathroom in the area was on fire. Crews quickly knocked down the fire which originated in the area surrounding a light/fan combination […]