{"id":2538,"date":"2026-05-22T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/races\/standish-town-council-area-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:58:36","slug":"standish-town-council-area-2","status":"publish","type":"vg_race","link":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/races\/standish-town-council-area-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Standish Town Council Area 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Standish Town Council is composed of seven members. It serves as the policymaking board of the city, and it has the power to hire and fire the city manager. Town council members serve three-year terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Area 2 comprises the west and northwest parts of the city, stretching from the Baldwin and Limington borders to the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Boundary Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lMGNk1LwZW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/26\/heres-whats-on-the-ballot-in-standish\/\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s on the ballot in Standish<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Here\u2019s what\u2019s on the ballot in Standish&#8221; &#8212; The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/26\/heres-whats-on-the-ballot-in-standish\/embed\/#?secret=Q1UQBT6RWI#?secret=lMGNk1LwZW\" data-secret=\"lMGNk1LwZW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"vg_race_office_code":"","vg_race_district":"","vg_race_county":"","vg_race_municipality":"Standish","vg_race_seat_count":0,"footnotes":""},"vg_office_type":[891],"vg_scope":[899],"vg_county":[],"vg_district":[],"vg_municipality":[1075],"class_list":["post-2538","vg_race","type-vg_race","status-publish","hentry","vg_office_type-town-council","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-standish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races\/2538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vg_race"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races\/2538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3993,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races\/2538\/revisions\/3993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_office_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_office_type?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"vg_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_county?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"vg_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_district?post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}