CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Unconested in his run for the Casco Bay Island Transit District Board of Directors, incumbent Erno Bonebakker received 276 votes to represent Chebeague Island, according to the town website. Both William Overlock of Long Island and H. Daniel Doane of Peaks Island earned 206 votes to represent their towns, the website stated. […]
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Vote tallies delayed in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Town officials attributed a delay in releasing vote tabulations to a new counting system and expect election results to be released by late morning on Nov. 7. Deputy Town Clerk Tracy Cole said they were hoping to finish counting by about 10:30 a.m. At about 7 p.m. last night, Town Clerk Yolande “Tody” […]
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Negotiations end for proposed Harpswell aquaculture center
HARPSWELL — The town has ended negotiations for a proposed aquaculture facility at Mitchell Field after the Board of Selectmen could not reach an agreement with the project’s organizers. Town officials and selectmen had been negotiating for the proposed Harpswell Oceanic Center at Mitchell Field with the project’s board and its commercial affiliate, RAS Corp., since […]
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Millett crushes Wallace in Senate District 7 race
CAPE ELIAZBETH — Former School Board member and Democrat, Rebecca Millett, defeated Republican Mike Wallace by a wide-margin in the Senate District 7 seat race. Millett easily beat Wallace with 12,606 to 6,751 for the seat that represents Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and a portion of Scarborough. She is the third senator for the district in two […]
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Monaghan-Derrig tops Thompson again in House District 121
CAPE ELIZABETH — After narrowly winning a special election last year, one-year incumbent State Rep. Kim Monaghan-Derrig, D-Cape Elizabeth, was re-elected again, defeating Republican Nancy Thompson for the House District 121 seat. Monaghan-Derrig beat Thompson 3,022 to 2,329 for the seat, which covers part of Cape Elizabeth. Monaghan-Derrig will serve her first full two-year term […]
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Incumbents win in 5-way Cape Elizabeth School Board race; no surprises in uncontested Town Council race
CAPE ELIZABETH — The three incumbents all won re-election for the five-way race for three seats on the School Board. Incumbent Kate Williams-Hewitt received the most votes with, 3,236, followed by John Christie, 2,629, and David Hillman, 2,245. Opponents Bill Gross and Michael Goulding received 1,753 and 1,477, respectively. No write-in candidates made a challenge to three […]
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Hamann wins House District 123 race in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The threeway race to replace departing Democratic Rep. Jane Eberle in Maine House District 123 was won by Democrat Scott Hamann over Republican Kenneth “Jake” Myric and Roger Bishop, who ran independently. Hamann beat Myrick 2,716 to 1,574 while Bishop trailed both with 932 votes. House District 123 is comprised of the central […]
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Priest wins fourth term for House District 63 in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Incumbent Democratic Rep. Charles Priest has won his fourth consecutive term for state House District 63, defeating Republican candidate John Bouchard, 3,185 to 1,451. Priest won the race by 68 percent, according to unofficial results provided by the Town Clerk. Priest previously won uncontested elections in 2008 and 2010, and a contested election in […]
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Linscott defeats De Angelis in South Portland Council race
SOUTH PORTLAND — Political newcomer Melissa Linscott has defeated Councilor and former Mayor Rosemarie De Angelis for the District 3 City Council seat, 7,144 to 5,514. Linscott, who owns a Knightville real estate agency with her husband, Brian Linscott, was making her first run for elected office. Linscott had support and endorsements from councilors Maxine […]
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Cape Elizabeth voters kill $6M library bond, approve charter amendment
CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters shot down a $6 million library bond, while overwhelmingly approving a town charter amendment that requires large single capital expenditures to be approved by citizen vote in the Nov. 6 election. The library bond failed in a 2,696 to 3,566 vote; the charter change was approved 4,157 to 1,372. In addition to […]