Voters authorize the town to borrow $3 million to buy about 25 acres of the Payson estate.
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Backers of South Portland tar-sands ban win council seats
Two incumbents keep their school board seats.
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Pot legalization approved in South Portland, defeated in Lewiston
The votes on making it legal for adults to possess small amounts of marijuana are largely symbolic.
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Gorham voters to decide council morality standard
The ballot also includes four candidates seeking school board seats, and a proposal to spend $5 million for a public safety building expansion.
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Election Dispatches: Windham, Raymond, Scarborough
A crowded council race in Scarborough, a school district withdrawal vote in Raymond, and council and school board elections in Windham.
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SAD 15 voters face school facilities questions
Residents of Gray and New Gloucester will decide whether to borrow $7.4 million for improvements – more than half of which would be spent on athletic fields.
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Tar sands issue colors South Portland council elections
A grassroots community group campaigns for three City Council candidates who have supported the ban on crude oil exports.
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Contrary studies heat up debate on Freeport schools
Voters facing a bid to withdraw from RSU 5 are looking at reports that show a financial loss or gain for the town.
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Election 2014 dispatches: South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth
Voters in two towns will decide on library projects, and South Portland has four ballot questions.