#2021-pbp-elections

Nomination papers for Islesboro select board, school board available March 26
Tue, 03/02/2021 - 9:15am

ISLESBORO — Nomination papers for positions on the Town of Islesboro select board and school board will be available beginning March 26. The election will be held Tuesday, June 22. Nomination papers will be available starting at 8:30 a.m. and must be filed by 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 8. Candidates need 25 qualified signatures from Islesboro’s registered voters. Visit the town clerk at the town office, 150 Main Road, to take out and return nomination papers.
Nomination papers available for nine Lincolnville positions
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 9:30am

LINCOLNVILLE — Nomination papers for local elected office are now available at the Lincolnville Town Office during normal business hours. In order to qualify for the ballot, nomination papers must have at least 25 signatures of registered Lincolnville voters and no more than 100 and be returned to the Town Office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 9. Nominations are being sought for: Board of Selectmen (2 positions, each with 3 year terms) Lincolnville Central School Committee (2 positions, each...
Energy corridor citizens’ initiative found valid with 80,506 signatures
Mon, 02/22/2021 - 2:30pm

AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Monday, Feb. 22 certification of the citizens' initiative effort "An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines and Facilities and Other Projects on Public Reserved Lands and Prohibit the Construction of Certain Transmission Lines in the Upper Kennebec Region" is complete. The effort, according to Secretary Bellows, has enough valid signatures to move...
UPDATE: Petition circulates in Rockport to get short term rental ordinance onto June municipal ballot
Sun, 02/21/2021 - 7:30pm

UPDATE — In talking with Rockport citizen Doug Cole this morning, Feb. 22. he said it wasn’t a secret that he is one of the original creators of a petition to get the short-term rental ordinance on Rockport’s June Town Meeting ballot. “I had the energy to get it started,” he said. “I have very strong feeling that town voters get an opportunity to vote this up or down, and to keep it off the ballot is a voter-supression type of thing,” he said. “I don’t have a strong feeling either way about the...
Letter to the editor: Reeves Gilmore
Breanna Pinkham Bebb’s tenacity, enthusiasm, can-do spirit will enhance governance of Northport
Fri, 02/19/2021 - 7:45pm
As a Northport resident for more than 10 years, I am pleased to endorse Breanna Pinkham Bebb for election to our Select Board. In recent years, I have had the privilege of working with Bre on the Northport Planning Board, as well as in other capacities in Waldo County. Her civic involvement has been and continues to be widespread including the Waldo County Woodshed and service on numerous boards. Bre not only maintains a full-time job and volunteers in various roles but is a wife and mom as...
Letter to the editor: Ashley Holmes
Vote for Ann Frenning Kossuth in Northport’s April 14 Special Election
Fri, 02/19/2021 - 7:45pm
Please consider Ann Frenning Kossuth, our friend and neighbor, for election to Northport’s Select Board on April 14. If you know her, you will know of her strong commitment to community, coalition-building skills, and willingness to work hard, all with a great sense of humor. I have known Ann for nearly eight years, and I know her leadership style involves seeing a need, unselfishly listening to others, and bringing people together to solve problems. This summer, together with neighbor Judy...
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Pinkham Bebb, Frenning Kossuth on ballot for Northport special select board race
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 3:45pm

NORTHPORT — Two candidates will be appearing on the ballot for the Town of Northport special select board election Wednesday, April 14.
Thomaston nomination papers for select board, assessor, school board seats available March 1
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 9:15am

THOMASTON — Nomination papers for two municipal and two school board seats in Thomaston will be available Monday, March 1 for the forthcoming June elections. The following elected municipal officer’s seats are coming up in June: • One 3-year Select Board Member • One 3-year Board of Assessors • One 3-year RSU 13 School Board of Directors Member • One 3-year RSU 13 School Board of Directors Member Nomination papers must be filed with the Town Clerk on or before Friday, April 9 at 2 p.m...
Ann Frenning Kossuth seeks seat on Northport Select Board
Tue, 02/16/2021 - 10:30am

Northport resident Ann Frenning Kossuth has announced her candidacy to fill the Select Board post vacated by outgoing Selectman Zack Hollingshead. The special election will take place Wednesday, April 14, at Northport Town Hall. Frenning Kossuth has settled permanently at her family’s home on Beech Hill Road, according to a news release. Her parents, John and Mary Frenning, were active in the community, and Ann proudly follows in their footsteps. She currently works as a permanent substitute at...
Letter to the editor: Breanna Pinkham Bebb
My top priorities in running for a Northport Select Board seat
Mon, 02/15/2021 - 5:45pm
On Fridays my husband and I both work from home: He is in customer service for Fisher Plow, and I am an administrator in financial services. Our son, a student at Edna Drinkwater, has class meetup and assignments to submit online. Our internet connection goes from barely keeping up to intermittent failure throughout the day. I count my blessings because we're some of the lucky ones. All over Northport and rural Maine there are families struggling to meet the demands of working and learning...
Letter to the editor: Geir Gaseidnes
Vote for Breanna Pinkham Bebb in Northport’s Special Election
Mon, 02/15/2021 - 5:30pm
Please consider our neighbor Breanna Pinkham Bebb for Northport’s Select Board. If you know her as I do, you’ll have found that she is energetic, creative, and a joy to work with. I have volunteered with Bre in a number of circumstances, know her dedication to her family and community, and have no hesitation in recommending her for this position. She knows what it means to work hard for herself and her family, and is well familiar with both the challenges and incredible gifts of living in rural...
More than 100,000 signatures submitted to place anti-corridor referendum on statewide ballots
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:45pm

AUGUSTA — Organizers of the effort to halt the Central Maine Power corridor announced Thursday afternoon they have collected more than 100,000 signatures in less than three months. Sandi Howard, leader of the No CMP Corridor PAC, Thomas Saviello, a former state legislator, and Darryl Wood, an activist from New Sharon delivered Thursday over 100,000 signatures to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. “These signatures reflect a successful citizens’ signature collection effort that overcame...
Letter to the editor: Breanna Pinkham Bebb
Why I am running for a seat on the Northport Select Board
Wed, 01/13/2021 - 6:30pm
I am writing here so that my neighbors can get to know me better, as they consider how to cast their vote in the special election to the Northport Select Board on April 14. I am Liam’s mom (age 5), wife to Will, and the office administrator at Edward Jones Investments in Lincolnville. My roots are in Down East Maine, and prior to buying our forever home in Northport, we lived in Belfast. There I worked as the executive director of Our Town Belfast - collaborating with the city government, area...