The national voting season now begins in full force.
Maine will hold primaries on Super Tuesday (March 3) along with states all the way to California. Next Tuesday will be the single…
Elections
Maine voters affected, even with state’s good election history
Thursday, Feb. 27 is the last day to request an absentee ballot for the March 3 primaries. Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry said absentee ballots are available at the town office during regular…
Democratic Party caucuses are Sunday, March 8, with a snow date of Sunday, March 15. The caucuses are a chance for registered Democrats to meet local legislative and other candidates, get involved…
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Representative Jeff Hanley (R-Pittston) has filed paperwork to run for a fourth term. Hanley, who serves as the top House Republican on the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee hosted U.S. Senator Susan Collins, former Governor Paul LePage, and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Dr. Jay Allen at a very well…
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Voters are invited to meet House District 90 Democratic candidates on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bremen Library on Route 32. Lydia Crafts and David Levesque, both of Newcastle, and…
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An enthusiastic crowd of 40 Democrats gathered at the 2020 Election Kick-Off meeting on February 9 at Ragsdale Studio in Boothbay. Attendees from Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Southport and Edgecomb…
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U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Sara Gideon and her campaign drew over 250 to “Suppers with Sara” at American Legion Post 42 in Damariscotta Feb. 10. Gideon, seeking to unseat four-term incumbent…
Dresden selectmen
Dresden selectmen voted Feb. 4 to hold a special election April 7 for the selectman’s seat Trudy Foss is leaving. Nomination papers are now available and will be due March 6. Absentee ballots will…
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Rep. Allison Hepler, D-Woolwich, has announced that she is running for re-election to the Maine State Legislature. Hepler represents Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, part of Richmond and…
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In preparation for the March 3 Democratic Primary and March 8 Democratic party town caucus, the Westport Island Democrats will meet next Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. For the meeting’s location,…
Incumbent Alna Road Commissioner Jeff Verney and First Selectman Melissa Spinney are seeking re-election. Both turned in nomination papers, as did Douglas Morier, seeking a three-year term …
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 will hold its annual budget meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gymnasium. Voters from Southport, Boothbay Harbor,…
Alna’s nomination papers for the March town elections are due back by Monday, Jan. 20, Town Clerk Liz Brown said. The town office will be open…
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Representative Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced her campaign for Senate District 13 on Jan. 13, 2020. Maxmin will challenge Senate Republican Minority Leader Dana Dow. The campaign will…
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Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly meeting at the Nobleboro Fire Station on Route 1 in Nobleboro on Dec. 11. A large turnout of enthusiastic Republicans gathered to…
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On Sunday evening, Dec. 8, U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon joined over 70 voters in West Bath for an evening of coffee, pie, and conversation to share her vision for the state and answer…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee will host a fundraising evening of holiday cheer and entertainment on Friday, Dec. 13 at Porter Hall, Skidompha Library in Damariscotta. Special guests will…
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Todd Brackett, who has served as Lincoln County sheriff for more than 17 years, gave a riveting talk at the meeting of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) on Nov. 21 at the Newcastle…
On Sunday, Dec. 8, U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon will host a grassroots event in West Bath. The event is open to the public and free to attend. The refreshments will include coffee and pie for…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) will hold their monthly meeting at the Nobleboro Fire Station (Minnehata location, 192 US Highway 1, Nobleboro) meeting room on Wednesday, Dec. 11.…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) will hold their monthly meeting at the Newcastle Fire Station meeting room on Nov. 20. The social and refreshment time begins at 6:30 p.m.; the…
Woolwich voters have turned a thumbs down on New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), Central Maine Power’s proposed corridor project. Voters Nov. 5 passed both of the petition-initiated…
Westport Island updated its comprehensive plan at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 5. In results Town Clerk Julie Casson emailed, the proposed adoption of revisions passed 159-23.
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Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly meeting at the Alna Fire Station meeting room Oct. 23. There was a packed house and full program as local Republicans continue to…
Woolwich voters will have a say on the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), Central Maine Power’s controversial corridor project when they head to the polls Nov. 5. Residents opposed to the…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) next meeting is Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fire Station, 86 River Rd., Newcastle. This month we’ll meet Jon Treacy…
The Referendum Election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5 with two statewide issues on the ballot. The…
Maine State Representatives Chloe Maxmin (Dist. 88), Holly Stover (Dist. 89), and Allison Hepler (Dist. 53), will help the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) celebrate autumn during their…
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Sixty women from seven different counties gathered at the Montsweag Restaurant in Woolwich on Sept. 12 to hear about voter registration procedures and more positive results from the policies of…
Woolwich residents opposed to the New England Clean Energy Connect, Central Maine Power’s corridor project, have submitted a petition for a town-wide referendum. The petition was received in time…
Details of a proposal to create a new consumer-owned utility to replace Central Maine Power Company (CMP) and Emera Maine will be presented during the Thursday, Sept. 19 meeting of the Lincoln…
Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, will welcome constituents to attend office hours later this month. This is an opportunity for the public to sit down with Stover and hear updates from Augusta, ask…
At a lightly attended special town meeting Aug. 29, Wiscasset voters agreed to fund overdrafts for several line items, all relating to cost increases for worker’s compensation.
The…
At this month’s Lincoln County Democratic Committee meeting, attendees will have chance to meet Betsy Sweet of Hallowell, the second Democrat to announce a run for the U.S. Senate seat up for…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s Annual Family Fun Day Lobster Bake will take place on Sunday, Aug. 11, noon to 3 p.m., at Cider Hill Farm, 785 West Main St., Waldoboro.
There…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) monthly meeting is an opportunity to meet members, participate in discussion, hear from political candidates, public officials and other speakers…
Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, and Southport Democrats are hosting a community picnic on Saturday, July 13, from noon to 4 p.m., rain or shine. In the beautiful setting of Barrett’s…
Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry on June 13 swore in selectmen Jefferson Slack and Katharine Martin-Savage. In a board meeting that followed, Judy Colby and Ben Rines Jr. were the lone nominees…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) monthly meeting is an opportunity to meet members, participate in discussion, hear from political candidates and other speakers with expertise,…
Katharine Martin-Savage will return to the Wiscasset select board, joined by former selectman Jeff Slack.
Martin-Savage’s vote count was 320; Slack’s, 261 votes, and Kim Dolce’s 195 votes…
Katharine Martin-Savage and Jefferson Slack were elected to Wiscasset’s board of selectmen Tuesday. Martin-Savage garnered 320 votes, Slack 261, and Kim Dolce, 195.
Alna will meet at the fire station, not the meetinghouse, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 for a special town meeting. The town updated local news media via email Sunday. Selectmen said May 8 and May…
Dresden residents will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 15 at Pownalborough Meeting Hall to vote on 35 warrant articles at the annual town meeting.
One discussion will be the reallocation of…
The Maine Legislature said no last week to letting unenrolled voters take part in primaries. Both legislative chambers voted in opposition to LD 211 “An Act to Open Maine’s Primary.” The bill…
With Wiscassset Selectman Bob Blagden not seeking another term, two seats are in contention in the annual town meeting June 11. Polls will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Wiscasset Community Center.…
Elections 2019
Incumbent Dwight Keene and challenger Gerald Lilly Sr. will vie for a three-year term as second selectman when Dresden residents go to the polls June 11. The two squared off when Lilly held the…
By a vote of 84-56 Saturday, Woolwich chose to fund its own 24/7 ambulance department. The ballot vote at the annual town meeting followed an hour-long floor debate weighing the option of…
“Our Voice, Our Legislature” workshop series continues on Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road. The free sessions, hosted by the Lincoln…
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The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) monthly meeting is an opportunity to meet members, participate in discussion, hear from political candidates, public officials and other speakers…
