Rockland had a large turnout of 3,650 voters who addressed a sizeable municipal warrant. Citizens elected Ed Glaser and Larry Pritchett from of a ticket of four candidates to serve on the Rockland City Council.

Edward B. Glaser received 1,623 votes 

Brian R. Harden, 1,245 votes

Stephen K. Carroll, 1,348 votes

Larry R. Pritchett, 1,623 votes

RSU 13 Board of Directors (3-year term, 2 seats) candidates were elected

Steven R. Roberts, 2,404

Gerald A. Weinand, 2,315

RSU 13 Board of Directors (2-year term, 1 seat) candidate Thomas G. Peaco, who ran unopposed, was elected with 2,661 votes

Noah Barnes, with 1,623 votes, was elected to the Rockland Port District Board (5-year term, 1 seat) 

QUESTION 1  BOND ORDINANCE , SEWER REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS, passed with 2,371 votes in favor to 1,055 opposed.

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $10,400,000 To Finance the Cost of Repairs and Improvements to the City’s Water Pollution Control Facility and Waste Water Collection System, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION 2  BOND ORDINANCE – LIBRARY REPAIRS, passed with 2,137 in favor to 1,284 opposed

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $1,100,000 To Finance the Cost of Repairs to the Rockland Public Library Building Envelope and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION 3  BOND ORDINANCE – ROAD REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING, passed with 2,575 in favor to 845 voting no

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $2,700,000 To Finance the Cost of Road Repairs, Reconstruction and Resurfacing, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an  Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION 4  BOND ORDINANCE – FIBER OPTICS BROADBAND NETWORK, passed by a vote of 1,886 to 1,471

Shall the Ordinance entitled “Bond Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of the City’s Bonds or Notes in an Amount Not To Exceed $400,000 To Finance the Cost of Improvements to the City’s Fiber Optics Broadband Network, and Such Other Ancillary and Related Costs With Respect Thereto, Plus an Amount Not to Exceed 2% to Pay the Cost of Issuance of any Bonds or Notes With Respect Thereto” be adopted?

QUESTION 5  REGION 8 MID-COAST SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION passed by a vote of 2,370 to 1,070

Shall the Cooperative Board of the Region 8 Mid-Coast School of Technology (“Region 8”) be authorized to issue bonds or notes in the name of Region 8 for a school construction project in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 to construct and equip a new career and technical school building and related facilities to be located at 1 Main Street in the City of Rockland and as part of that project, to demolish the existing school building?

State initiatives

Question 1: Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

YES, 2,012

NO, 1,553

Question 2:  Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

YES, 2,223

NO, 1,326

Question 3:  Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

YES, 2,093

NO, 1,478

Question 4: Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

YES, 2,371

NO, 1,189

Question 5: Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

YES, 2,063

NO, 1,405

CANDIDATE RESULTS

President:
Hillary Clinton, 2,023
Gary Johnson, 147
Jill Stein, 105
Donald Trump, 1,209

Rep. to Congress:
Mark Holbrook, 1,148
Chellie Pingree, 2,378

State Senator:
David Emery, 1,624
David Miramant, 1,910

Rep. to Legislature
Anne Beebe-Center, 2,021
Donald Robishaw, 1,481

Register of Probate
Elaine Dostie Hallett, 2,821

Knox County Budget Committee
Shawn Levasseur, 2,695
Terrance Pinto, 32