All four candidates for the Camden Select Board are worthy individuals—we’re lucky to have them stepping up on our behalf—and I’m not completely sure how I will vote when the time comes. I had…
Elections
Voters add $1 million to Facilities Maintenance
Voters passed each of the 23 Articles set forth in the 2024-2025 budget at the RSU 40 budget adoption meeting May 14 at Medomak Valley…
6 to 8 p.m., French Conference Room, Camden Town Office
CAMDEN — PenBayPilot.com will host a Camden Select Board Candidates’ Forum Tuesday, May 14, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the French Meeting Room at the Camden Town Office on Washington Street.
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CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — By 11:30 a.m., March 5, 300 voters in Rockport had cast ballots for their preference on who should run for president on…
Press release
Cameron Reny, born and raised in Bristol, is seeking re-election for Senate District 13.
“There has already been positive movement to address issues important to our…
UNION – A large majority of voters approved a path forward to find a developer to create senior housing in part of the…
AUGUSTA — The following statement was issued just after 10 p.m. Nov. 7 by Avangrid,…
constitutional amendment
Knox and Waldo County voters are weighing in on Citizen Initiative Question 8, “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to remove a provision prohibiting a person under guardianship for…
CAMDEN – On Nov. 7, Camden voters approved town-wide zoning changes to…
opinion
In my (admittedly short) career as a journalist, I have never had as many conversations about a single topic as I have on…
BELFAST — All but the mayoral race are uncontested in upcoming Belfast elections Nov. 7.
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UNION – Town officials have placed on the Nov. 7 municipal ballot a group of articles they hope will give voters the…
At the polls November 7
CAMDEN – On Nov. 7, Camden voters will decide on town-wide zoning…
As voters decide whether to take over their transmission and distribution utility companies, we’re providing Mainers with some history of the power system in the region — and clearing up some…
A citizen initiative on Maine’s November ballot brings the state into a national “right to repair” movement that backers say helps give consumers more control over how and who can fix the products…
QUESTION 8 ON STATE REFERENDUM BALLOT
Nine words in the Maine constitution were found to be unconstitutional 22 years ago, yet remain in the state’s…
question 6 on state referendum ballot
Hidden beneath the murky phrasing of Question 6 on the Nov. 7 ballot is an amendment that would reintroduce language, long out of print from Maine’s constitution, honoring the state’s historical…
ROCKLAND — Nomination papers may be taken out beginning July 25, 2023 and must be filed at the City Clerk’s Office no later than close of business on September 8, 2023,…
Approve municipal and school budgets
CAMDEN – Voters in Camden resoundingly defeated articles to allow cannabis retail stores in the town.
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LINCOLNVILLE – Voters elected two Select Board members June 13 at the polls, incumbent Michael Ray and …
“The current proposal will allow the City to avoid a 4% pricing increase effective July 1”
ROCKLAND — Rockland Fire Department needs a new pumper truck, and for every 4 - 6 months that the purchase is delayed, the price of a new truck increases significantly. Grant proposals have been…
LINCOLNVILLE – Voters will elect two Select Board members and weigh in on affordable housing amendments at the polls June 13. They will decide on the 2024 town budget…
UNION – At the polls June 13, voters will weigh in on a 180-day moratorium on metallic mining, as well as a citizen-led…
on the ballot
CAMDEN – Voters will decide June 13 on whether to allow or prohibit cannabis retail stores in downtown Camden, the most talked about issue on the ballot as evidenced by signs around town,…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Committee on State and Local Government recently voted in favor of a bill sponsored by Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland.
LD 577, “An Act to Increase…
select board and school board races, plus two ordinances
Absentee Ballots are available for the May 8 municipal election in St. George.
Stop by or call the town office to request your ballots that will cover the following ballot items:
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The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will hold its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, via Zoom.
The agenda will feature State Sen. Cameron Reny…
AUGUSTA — Earlier this month, Senator Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, introduced LD 577, “An Act to Increase Availability of Election Information on Local Government Websites.”
The bill…
Members of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) elected new officers Jan. 26 during the organization’s monthly meeting.
Those elected to chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Reagan Paul, R-Winterport, is facing a Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices fine of as much as $1,945.30 for missing a filing deadline related to reporting…
AUGUSTA — Just a little more than a month after being elected to serve in the 131st Maine State Legislature, a Waldoboro man is under investigation by the Maine Attorney General’s Office over an…
By the time you get your spring tires put on, the waiting room of your local automotive shop might be decorated with political signage.
You might not think who is allowed to repair a…
spending approved for wastewater, landfill
ROCKLAND — Four candidates in Rockland competed this election season for two open seats on the Rockland City Council, with elections taking place Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Both seats represent three-…
district includes all of waldo county
Voters across all of Waldo County cast votes Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who they want their state senator to be in Augusta, choosing between incumbent Glenn “Chip” Curry, a Democrat from Belfast, and…
tracking the votes
WALDO COUNTY — The voters of Waldo County cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 to elect a new county sheriff after Jeff Trafton opted to retire after eight years in the position.
Voters were tasked…
brooks, frankfort (part), Jackson, Knox, Monroe, Swanville, Thorndike, Unity, Waldo
Voters in nine Waldo County towns had a trio of candidates to ponder as they cast their ballot for their new state representative.
Appearing on the ballot as a candidate in House District…
Cushing, South Thomaston, owls head (part), St. George, Thomaston
The voters in five Knox County communities cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 to decide who would represent them in Augusta in House District 43.
Running on the ballot were incumbent Ann Matlack…
serves knox county, except isle au haut and washington
Voters across Knox County, except for Isle au Haut and Washington, voted Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who they want to replace term-limited state senator David Miramant.
Running for Senate District…
Matinicus, North Haven, owls head (part), Rockland
Votes were cast Tuesday, Nov. 8 in the race for House District 42, which saw incumbent Valli Geiger, a Democrat from Rockland, be challenged by Roger Tranfaglia, a Republican from Rockland.
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belfast, belmont, northport
Belfast, Belmont and Northport voters cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 in the House District 39 race between incumbent Janice Dodge, a Democrat from Belfast, and Stephen Hemenway, a Republican from…
appleton, islesboro, liberty, lincolnville, montville, morrill, searsmont
Voters across one Knox County community and six Waldo County towns voted Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who will represent them in House District 40, which includes Appleton, Islesboro, Liberty, Lincolnville…
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was reelected Tuesday, Nov. 8 for an eighth term to represent Maine’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
She released the…
FREEDOM — In the House District 63, the choice for voters in the four communities represented was less painstaking than other races statewide with only one candidate on the ballot: Scott Cyrway,…
CUSHING — Voters in the Town of Cushing have elected a new member to their town’s select board Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The seat is a two-year term.
Cory Jones - 385
Michael James…
UNION — Voters in the Town of Union have approved the lone municipal question faced with that dealt with the Thompson Community Center.
The question read: To see if the inhabitants of…
camden and rockport
Voters in Camden and Rockport have favored sending incumbent Victoria Doudera back to Augusta for another term.
Doudera, a Democrat from Camden, was challenged by Susan Butterworth, a…
Hope, Union, Warren
The voters in Hope, Union and Warren casting ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who they want to represent them in the state legislature’s House District 44 were tasked with deciding between incumbent…
Knox County voters cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who they want to see as the state’s governor for the next four years.
On the ballot were incumbent Janet Mills, a Democrat; former…
Waldo County voters cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8 for who they want to see as the state’s governor for the next four years.
On the ballot were incumbent Janet Mills, a Democrat; former…
