Voters also decide two contested City Council races and approve a $27 million bond to expand two local schools.
November 2016
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Foley, Donovan win Scarborough Town Council seats
SCARBOROUGH — In a four-person race for two seats on the Town Council, incumbent Councilor Bill Donovan was re-elected Tuesday, along with first-time candidate Kathleen Foley. In uncontested races for two seats on the Board of Education, voters also re-elected incumbent Jodi Shea, and elected Cari Lyford to a first full, three-year term. Foley earned […]
Posted inNation & World, New England Patriots, News, Politics, Sports
Belichick, Brady respond after Trump touts their support
A letter from Belichick to the president-elect praised him for overcoming ‘slanted and negative media’ to ‘come out beautifully.’
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Women learn the power of tools in Bath
Iinstructor Isabella Pierson, left, teaches Meggan Henerlau and Nancy Flick the finer points of planing wood Sunday, Nov. 6, during a Women Build event at Maine’s First Ship in Bath. Neither Henerlau nor Flick had ever worked with power tools before.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was crippled by voters who stayed home
Data shows she received far fewer votes than Barack Obama in an election that was supposed to see a big increase in turnout.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Commission votes to renew charters for two Maine schools
The Maine Academy of Natural Sciences in Hinckley and the Cornville Regional Charter School, the first two charter schools in the state, are renewed for five more years.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Democrats sweep House races in Brunswick, Harpswell, Topsham, Bath
BRUNSWICK — Democrats swept the area’s state House elections on Nov. 8, although only three of the five races were contested. State Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry, D-Brunswick, will get a third term representing House District 49, after winning a rematch with Republican Michael Stevens by a vote of 3,953 to 2,037. House District 49 includes a portion […]
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Trump’s conflicts of interest are without precedent in American presidential history
Trump real estate holdings and other companies owe hundreds of millions of dollars to domestic and foreign banks, which ethics advisers say is a wide vulnerability for Trump that could tilt his judgment or independence.
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Remembering our veterans
Eleven Mainers who made their state and their country proud.