The race for Knox County Sheriff between incumbent Donna Dennison and challenger Michael Lloyd Phillips went to Dennison Tuesday night with Dennison garnering a little more than twice as many…

FRIENDSHIP — Voters in Friendship had two local questions on Tuesday’s ballot, and they overwhelmingly approved both Article 2 and 3, clearing the way for the purchase of a new plow truck.

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House of Representatives District 134 includes Isle au Haut, North Haven and Vinalhaven.

Results:

Maine House of Representatives District 91 includes the towns of Friendship and Washington, and a portion of Union.

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District Attorney race for District 6, which includes Knox, Waldo, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.

Results:

Knox County

The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Knox and Waldo counties...

Knox County

CAMDEN — Voters in Camden said no to amending the town’s zoning ordinance for serving meals to some inn guests, and expressed preference for keeping the former Apollo Tannery land dedicated for…

By a large margin, incumbent Joan Welsh, D-Rockport, has been reelected to the Maine House of Representatives representing District 94, which includes Camden, Rockport and Islesboro. 

Her…

 ROCKPORT — Voters in Rockport voted 989 to 867, defeating Article 8, which asked if residents wanted to develop a plan for a new library.

The Select Board unanimously recommended the…

House of Representatives District 95 includes the towns of Appleton, Hope, Warren and a portion of Union.

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State Senate District 12 includes all of Knox County except the town of Washington.

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Question 1, the Bear Baiting Referendum, carried in Knox County Tuesday but failed in Waldo County. All of…

NORTHPORT - Residents left little question of their interest in leaving Regional School Unit 20, passing a withdrawal referendum by a vote of 762 to 86, with 18 blank ballots.

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U.S. House District 1 includes all of the towns in Knox County, as well as Waldoboro in Lincoln County.

District 1

The race for governor...Michaud wins in Knox and Waldo counties.

Knox County

Voting 1,163 to 226, residents in St. George approved withdrawing from RSU 13. They also approved a school administrative ordinance, 1,051 to 275. 

Anna Morkeski has seen the drawbacks of collusion between the public and private sectors.

Morkeski, 27, R-Damariscotta, said her hope…

Editor’s note: During the summer, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper collectively sought interviews with the three candidates for governor. Eliot Cutler and…

With a little over a week until Election Day, a number of voters have requested absentee ballots, and many have returned them. Maine doesn’t have early voting, but voters have increasingly used…

Jonathan Fulford (D-Monroe) is seeking election to the Maine Senate, where he would represent the 26 municipalities of Waldo County. He is facing incumbent Sen. Michael Thibodeau (R-Winterport…

At the Penobscot Bay Pilot, we’ve been working hard to put together great election resources. But if you were only going to read one thing before you went to the polls on Nov. 4, we would have to…

Elizabeth Dickerson was elected over James Kalloch to serve as representative to the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 93 (Owls Head and Rockland).

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BELFAST - If it were a boxing match, this year’s race for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1, would be worthy of a nickname like The Thrilla in Manilla.

For starters, Betty Johnson (D-…

BELFAST - Augusta has shifted expenses to cities and towns. This is what municipal, county and school district officials say when they aren’t tearing each other limb from limb over rising property…

Sen. Chris Johnson said his reelection is about the people who put him in the Maine state senate to begin with. The Democrat state senator from Somerville is seeking…

Regardless of whether or not voters hand Republicans control of the U.S. Senate in November, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she will keep working across the aisle to form bipartisan coalitions…

MIDCOAST — If you're just tuning in to the state legislative races, you may have noticed some disorienting changes. Local candidates seem to be vying for…

BELFAST — The Waldo County Municipal Association will be hosting a candidates’ forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the…

At least one Susan Collins, U.S. Senate campaign sign was defaced with a spray-painted swastika, probably overnight Sunday into Monday, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said Oct. 14.

A…

BELFAST - The lone contested City Council race recently became a one-candidate affair. Kassie Merrill withdrew her name earlier…

When independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler came by Knox Mill in Camden recently …

OWLS HEAD — In political contests, multi-term incumbents are often derided as “career politicians,” but U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud doesn’t shy away from his long tenure in government. If anything, he’…

Maine not only has the longest bear hunting season at 66 days; it also has the largest bear population in the contiguous United States. The Department of Inland, Fisheries and Wildlife estimates…

BELFAST - 2014 was shaping up to be another year of uncontested City Council races. But a pair of last-minute entrants from Ward 5 have changed that. …

When Shenna Bellows was in fifth grade, she took up the trombone because the man who brought the instruments to the classroom said girls don’t play trombone.

It…

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will hold and broadcast four key political debates in October. The First …

BELFAST - Off a stretch of rural road in Belfast, state Senate candidate Jonathan Fulford disappeared behind a double-wide trailer. Ten minutes later he returned to an SUV driven by a Democratic…

BELFAST -  Two years ago, City Councilor Roger Lee tried to recruit a candidate to run in his place but found no takers. Given the demands of the job, he said,…

BELFAST - Nomination papers for a total of five seats on the City Council and RSU 20 board of directors are due by the end of the month. As of Friday, only one candidate had officially thrown his…

In his second bid for the Blaine House, Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler appears more daunted by the spoiler perception than anything else. Although Cutler garnered 36 percent of…

Jonathan Fulford: A Person for the People

Jonathan Fulford offers a unique opportunity to set straight many of the policy shifts promoted by Paul LePage and his Tea Party pal in the Senate,…

Congressman Mike Michaud (ME-2), Democratic candidate for Maine governor, will meet with veterans and other interested citizens on Monday, July 7 to discuss…

The results for Knox County towns continue to flow in, and these are the results for the towns that have reported thus far June 11 (including Lincolnville).

Knox County Results:

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St. George June election results:

LOCAL

RSU 13 budget
125 – Yes
70 – No

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Rockland June election results:

LOCAL

RSU 13 budget
211 – Yes
169 – No

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Lincolnville June election results:

LOCAL

Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor: Three-year…

Appleton June election results:

LOCAL

Article 3: Appleton Village School Budget
161 – Yes
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In Waldo County primaries, June 10, Benjamin Bryant beat fellow Belfast Republican Thomas Burpee by a margin of 230-92 in the only contested…

LOCAL

Emily Lane and Larry Hopkins were elected as Selectmen and both have accepted.

Selectman (vote for two…

North Haven June election results:

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

U.S. Senator
Shenna Bellows – 23
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