In Rockland, voters at the Nov. 4 polls said no to borrowing up to $5 million to renovate an existing downtown building to become a police station, and rejected a proposed city charter amendment.

The latter was a move by the city to loosen city rules so it could use bond money already approved by voters.

"The City of Rockland has placed a question on the November 2025 ballot that proposes to amend the city’s charter to align it with the more general rules defined by state law," the city wrote, concerning Ballot Question 1. "Currently, the city’s charter is more restrictive than state law, effectively limiting the ways the city can deploy bond funds on capital projects and the ability to leverage those funds for additional investment in the city."

But voters said no — 975 voted yes and 1,149 voted no — to the question: Shall the Rockland City Charter, Section 513, be amended to allow the City to borrow money for any purposes that are allowed, or may hereafter be allowed by general law?

They also voted no — 1,052 yes and 1,249 no — on a bond proposal to borrow up to $5 million to support the acquisition and related construction costs for a new police station. The City was considering the purchase of property at 170 Pleasant Street, a 13,421 square-foot building and 11.75-acre lot currently owned by Sierra Peaks.

Voters reelected Jessie Davis to the RSU 13 School Board, and they chose Lydia Short to fill the second open seat on that board.

Votes in that contest were:

Doug Curtis: 981

Jessie Davis: 1,259

Lydia Short: 1,187

Both Adam Lachman and Penelope York ran uncontested for renewal of their seats on the City Council and subsequently have been reseated.

Rockland voted down the statewide Question 1 concerning changes to absentee ballot voting, 503 yes and 1,988 no.

And, they voted in favor of dangerous weapons prohibitions as contained in statewide Question 2, 1,891 yes and 595 no.