Elections

Elections 2024
William D. Pluecker, I-Warren

PenBayPilot.com has circulated questions to candidates seeking office in Midcoast Senate and House District. As candidates return their responses, we are posting them on the Pilot's front page,…

Elections 2024
Stephen J. Hemenway

PenBayPilot.com has circulated questions to candidates seeking office in Midcoast Senate and House District. As candidates return their responses, we are posting them on the Pilot's front page,…

Total potential fiscal impact of $82.9 million
Question 5 on the Maine State Ballot appearing before voters Nov. 5 asks for approval of a new flag design created by Adam Lemire, of Gardiner.

Maine voters will consider five state questions on the Nov. 5 ballot. Three of them ask that Maine borrow money to fund various proposals, all totaling $82,875,000. Question 1 relates to political…

On the local ballot
Waldoboro Town Seal

Waldoboro voters will be asked to approved four ordinances in the Nov. 5 election. Go to the provided links to read the ordinances on…

Republican Steven Foster is running for his fourth term in the statehouse’s lower chamber, representing Dexter and several other towns west of Bangor. He has won every election easily —  because…

Marc Ratner

PenBayPilot.com has circulated questions to the two candidates, Gordon Page, I-Owls Head, and…

David Statman (Photo courtesy David Statman)

David Statman is running for the one City Council seat up for grabs in Rockland this year. 

According to a news release: "Statman would bring to City Council rich experience in…

Anne Beebe-Center

PenBayPilot.com has circulated questions to candidates seeking office in Midcoast Senate and House District. As candidates return their responses, we are posting them on the Pilot's front page,…

Vote buttons

Alna Town Clerk Sarah Perkins on Sept. 26 released the following via town email:

The polls will be open on Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Alna Volunteer Fire Station.

If you are…

The order of referendum questions on the November 2024 General Election ballot has been determined through a public lottery held by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Deputy Secretary of State…

How well do you know the U.S. Constitution? Political leaders often refer to one part or another, but what does it…

2024 Waldo County candidates Ben Hymes, Steven Hemenway, Katrina Smith and Bob Meyer cut the ribbon at the August 17 opening of the Waldo County Republican 2024 Headquarters.

They invite…

Union has elected Steven Migliorini and Martha Johnston-Nash to the Select Board, and approved new mining regulations, a canine ordinance, and a municipal budget.
 
At…
Stickney & Shipps favored in unofficial results from Waldoboro

RSU 40 voters in three towns took to the polls on June 11 to elect School Board Directors.

In Union, Rachel Wilcox was…

The primary race between Andrew Piantidosi and Ron Russell for the Republic nomination to compete in November against Democratic incumbent Chellie Pingree for the U.S. Congress 1st District seat…

Voters in Thomaston elected Kimberly Matthews to their Select Board. She had been running against Emily McBrayer.
 
Matthews received 178 votes, and McBrayer, 126.…

A contested School Board elections and referendums on prohibiting Metallic Mining brought voters to the polls in Warren on June 11. They also approved the RSU40 2024-2025 budget.  

They…

Stickney and Shipps elected to RSU40

Contested School and Select Board elections drove voters to the polls in Waldoboro on June 11, voting to approve municipal and school budgets. They passed all…

Recent controversies drive contentious election
rsu40 policy committee, gender queer, transgender rights

Four RSU 40 seats are up for grabs: two in Waldoboro and on each in Warren and Union. At stake could be the existence of the schools themselves. Several candidates’ supporters espoused belief in…

ON THE BALLOT

THOMASTON – Voters will elect a Select Board member and decide on changes to the town’s land use ordinance that include a…

 The town of Waldoboro held a Select Board “meet the candidates” event on May 29 in the town office. There are five candidates for two Select Board seats…

Two Thomaston citizens, Kimberly Matthews and Emily McBrayer, have stepped forward to run for one open seat on the Thomaston…
letter to the editor

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…

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.

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…

This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit civic news organization…

BELFAST — All but the mayoral race are uncontested in upcoming Belfast elections Nov. 7. 

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.

 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…