Damariscotta will vote Tuesday, Nov. 7 to replace outgoing Selectman George Parker, who resigned because he has moved to Newcastle. Five candidates will vie for the seat. The term ends in 2020.…
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Woolwich voters will decide between two incumbents and one newcomer for two, three-year terms on the select board. Polls at Woolwich Central School on Nequasset Road will be open from 8 a.m. to 8…
Damariscotta Planning Board
Damariscotta voters face a moratorium vote on new development Nov. 7. On Monday night, the Planning Board held the first of four planned public hearings on the moratorium as well as the…
Senator Dana Dow, a Waldoboro resident and the current state senator for Senate District 13, has announced that he will seek re-election in 2018 after serving three non-consecutive terms…
Woolwich has four ballots for the upcoming election: state, municipal and two for Regional School Unit 1 The state ballot’s four questions include two citizen initiatives, one bond…
Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
On Sept. 19, Damariscotta selectmen agreed to allow a petition for a moratorium on new retail development to move forward to a public hearing. The board made the decision after consulting town…
Absentee ballots for the Nov. 7 referendum election will be available beginning Oct. 6 until the close of the business day Nov. 2 at the Wiscasset town office.
Town Clerk Linda Perry said…
Nomination papers for two, three-year terms on the Woolwich Select Board are available. The seats currently held by Allison Hepler and Jason Shaw expire Dec. 31.
Nomination papers can be…
Lincoln County Democrats have invited all announced Democratic Maine gubernatorial candidates to join them at their August family cookout and lobster bake Aug. 13 in Waldoboro, and a number have…
Lincoln County Democrats are holding a lobster bake again this year, but are planning to combine the usual focus on lobsters, oysters and speeches with fun for the whole family. Mark Eves, former…
At its meeting on Wednesday, July 26, at the Newcastle Community Center, the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) accepted the resignation of Gordon Colby from the position of chairman.…
Former Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew took her first steps as a gubernatorial candidate June 28 in the Windjammers Days Street Parade. Local Republicans…
Election workers retallied Wiscasset’s June 13 votes on June 22, with changes in a couple of numbers but no changes in the final outcomes of ballot items, town meeting moderator Susan Blagden said…
Town meeting moderator Susan Blagden announced Tuesday, a new tally of Wiscasset’s June 13 votes has been set for 2 p.m. Thursday, June 22, in the town office’s hearing room.
The public…
Damariscotta and Newcastle held their annual town meetings on the same day, June 14. Except for one issue in each town, the town meetings approved the budgets without much discussion.…
The results of Damariscotta’s June 13 election remain the same, but with some different numbers, after a second count. George Parker and Amy Leshure were elected to the Board of Selectmen. A…
Wiscasset town meeting moderator Susan Blagden told the Wiscasset Newspaper late Wednesday afternoon, she has decided to hold a recount of the June 13 ballots. It has not been scheduled yet,…
Wiscasset on Tuesday elected Bob Blagden and Katharine Martin-Savage to the board of selectmen; chose a challenger over the incumbent for school committee; and rejected the school department’s $1.…
Alna voters on Tuesday favored Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s budget 47-3, with one blank vote, in results the town released via email. The state referendum for $50 million in technology…
Incumbent Chelsea Taylor has a challenger in her bid to stay on the Wiscasset School Committee. Michelle Blagdon is also on the June 13 ballot for the lone seat up for election June 13. It’s a…
Wiscasset residents have five select board candidates to choose from on Tuesday, June 13. The candidates, listed on the ballot in alphabetical order, are Kimberly Andersson, Robert Blagden,…
Two positions in Dresden local government will be contested when residents go to the polls on Tuesday, June 13. Challenger Shirley Storkson will be running against incumbent Patricia…
The five candidates for two seats on the Wiscasset Select Board appeared at Wiscasset Newspaper’s candidates’ night Friday, March 19, and discussed a wide range of issues affecting the town.…
A selectmen’s candidates night is a go for Friday night, May 19 in the Wiscasset Elementary School cafeteria. The five candidates are on board and the location is reserved. We just need residents…
Two positions in Dresden’s government will be contested when residents go to the polls on Tuesday, June 13. The filing deadline for nomination papers was Monday, May 1.
Challenger Shirley…
With over 60 members in attendance, Gordon Colby, chairman of the Lincoln County Republican Committee, welcomed featured speaker Demi Kouzounas, newly elected chairman of the Maine State GOP on…
Wiscasset residents will have five candidates to choose from for the Board of Selectmen when they head to the polls for the annual town election, Tuesday, June 13.
Candidates running for…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will meet at the Newcastle Community Room at 86 River Road, Newcastle, Wednesday, April 19 for a 6:30 p.m. social gathering…
They emailed, they phoned, and they drove to Bangor and Augusta, all in an effort to schedule a local town hall with Senator Susan Collins. Midcoast Maine Indivisi…
Senate President Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo) has appointed Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) to serve a two-year term representing Maine on the National Conference of…
More than 50 people crowded into the Newcastle Community Room the evening of March 22 to hear from Democratic legislators Mick Devin of Newcastle, who represents Maine’s House District 90, and…
Open Primaries and Mainers for Open Elections
Mainers for Open Elections, a state organization working for open elections at all levels, and Open Primaries, a national leader on election reform, released a new…
Alna’s Head Tide Dam is headed for a free fix-up if selectmen seal the deal with the Atlantic Salmon Federation; fireworks use now has local rules; and all properties are headed for a…
Nomination papers for the Wiscasset select board, school committee and other local offices for the June 13 elections will be available Monday, March 20. The deadline for returning them to the town…
In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, and recent electoral accomplishments, a group of approximately 100 Republicans, including many…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will meet at the Newcastle Community Room on River Road, Newcastle, March 22 for a 6:30 p.m. social gathering and 7 p.m. meeting.
Senate Democratic…
It seems nine years as a selectman isn’t enough for Jack Sarmanian. Edgecomb’s select board chairman is seeking a fourth term. Sarmanian, 78, is a retired social worker and has been a Red Cross…
Dresden Town Clerk Pat Theriault said nomination papers for local elections will be available starting March 20. Candidates must get 25 to 100 signatures and return the papers to Theriault by May…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
Over the last two years, Newcastle has been working toward a comprehensive code married to its site plan code, a neighborhood-based character code. Town Administator Jon Duke said they won’t…
Alna residents have no one on the Friday, March 17 ballot to vote onto the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 board, but now they have an announced write-in candidate to consider.
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Larry Gordon was elected Tuesday, Jan. 31, to fill a five-month term on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen.
Susan Blagden, the election warden, read the results at 8:37 p.m. The polls at…
Officers for the 2017-19 term of the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) were elected at its Jan. 18 meeting. With over 70 people in attendance and 56 Committee members present and voting,…
Lincoln County Democrats unanimously elected former State Senator Chris Johnson of Somerville as their new chair on Jan. 18. He succeeds his wife, Valarie Johnson. Also elected were Lincoln County…
Lincoln County Democratic Committee chair Valarie Johnson has announced plans for the biennial election of county officers, to take place Wednesday, Jan. 18, with a social…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap came to Wiscasset on Tuesday, Jan. 3 to swear in Commissioners Mary Trescot and Hamilton Meserve. Both ran unopposed in their elections in 2016.
Lincoln County…
Maine State Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) has been named chair of the Maine Legislature’s Taxation Committee by Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo).…
Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, has been appointed to serve on the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee for a third time.
The committee oversees policy…
Two former selectmen returned nomination papers by Friday’s deadline to get on the ballot for Wiscasset selectman. The Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 special election will fill the vacancy created by the…
On Dec. 7, the Lincoln County Democrats met in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Department to discuss plans for the future growth of the…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will be having its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Newcastle Community Room, 86 River Road, Newcastle.…
