Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate running for U.S. Congressional seats, providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their position on issues important…
Elections
Nomination papers are available from Oct. 20-29 to fill the vacancy created by former Edgecomb selectman Jack Sarmanian’s resignation. Sarmanian resigned Oct. 5 after serving 13 years. On Oct. 9…
Press release
Alna has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the non-profit Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to support poll worker recruitment and training, PPE for poll workers, and a variety of other…
Both men running for Maine House District 87 have experience in the Maine legislature with incumbent and three-term Rep. Jeff Hanley (R-Pittston) being challenged by former one-term state…
Historian Heather Cox Richardson, a summer visitor, whose roots in Bristol date back to colonial days, will deliver an online lecture on “The Role of Political Parties in American…
AUGUSTA — In preparation for administering the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has issued updated guidance to ensure that…
Helping people is at the core of both candidates’ drive for running in Maine House District 53, serving Woolwich, Dresden, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Phippsburg and part of Richmond. The incumbent is…
Maine House 89 Rep. Holly Stover is running for reelection as Westport Island, Southport, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Edgecomb and part of South Bristol’s point person in Augusta.
Stover…
Elections
Local businesswoman and former state representative Stephanie Hawke is running to reclaim the House 89 seat representing Westport Island, Southport, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Edgecomb and part of…
Woolwich voters have three candidates to pick from for two, three-year seats on the select board. Woolwich elects its town officers Tuesday, Nov. 3. The polls at Woolwich Central School on…
Democrats rallied around incumbent Holly Stover of House 89 and House District 88 Representative Chloe Maxmin Oct. 3. Stover is seeking reelection and Maxmin is seeking the Senate District 13 seat…
U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon visited Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset Monday, Oct. 5 with Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry and Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett to learn about Two…
Voters in Lincoln County recently received phone calls and texts from an organization claiming to be “Public Opinion Research.” The communications asked them to respond to a poll about the race…
Two practicing attorneys are vying for a four-year term as Lincoln County Judge of Probate. Incumbent William Avantaggio, D-Bremen, is seeking re-election against challenger Meegan Burbank of…
AUGUSTA - Two Maine companies have donated more than $44,000 of personal protective equipment for election workers to stay safe while administering the Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 General Election.…
Since 2004, Dana Dow has served five terms in the Maine Legislature. He was elected four times to the senate and served one term in the house. But his last term was significantly different than…
In her first legislative term, Democrat Chloe Maxmin of Nobleboro saw four of her bills including her Green New Deal legislation enacted. The Green New Deal was the most prominent new law. All…
AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Monday, Sept. 28 the launch of a new elections feature for the state allowing voters casting absentee ballots this November to track the…
The residents of Westport Island and the general public are invited to a meet and greet party for Stephanie Hawke, Republican candidate for Maine District 89, on Westport Island hosted by her…
Lobstermen and powerboaters rallied for President Donald Trump in Boothbay Harbor’s second boat parade Sept. 19. Around 60 vessels got in line for several passes around Tumbler Island and around…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee announces that it will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. at its headquarters located at 241 Route 1, Damariscotta.
This is a…
It took Wiscasset voters under five minutes to approve a $829,889 parks and recreation budget that includes funding Wiscasset Community Center. A special town meeting was held Thursday night, Sept…
Press release
Voting is tonight at the 6 p.m. special open town meeting at Wiscasset Community Center. An entrance table will be set up outside the building (close to or on the access driveway that goes down…
Bring your own chair, if you want to sit. That was one of the first measures Alna selectmen announced Wednesday night, Sept. 16 for a 6 p.m. Oct. 6 special town meeting in the fire station’s bay,…
Maine is now accepting applications for absentee ballots which become available the first week in October. Since…
Press release
In September of 2019, journalist Reid Wilson of The Hill named Maine’s Lincoln County one of the “10 countries across the country that will determine…
In elections Tuesday, Sept. 8, Wiscasset kept Selectman Kim Andersson with 227 votes, brought back Pam Dunning to the board with 233 votes and, with 221 votes, picked former school committee…
In Boothbay Harbor Sunday, Sept. 6, Trump supporters decorated their boats with banners and flags and paraded through the outer and inner harbor.
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Wiscasset selectmen learned Tuesday, Sept. 1, a special town meeting will be needed to address an overdraft in the police budget and consider changes to the town’s shoreland zoning ordinance. The…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she has signed an Executive Order to protect the health and safety of Maine voters, poll workers, and election officials and to facilitate access…
Edgecomb selectmen are hoping a letter posted on the municipal website and published in local newspapers will create “awareness” of the proposed 2020-21 school budget. Both the school and…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee held a good old Great American Picnic Aug. 22 with food aplenty and fellowship galore.
After filling our plates with delicious food, we heard from…
Wiscasset will hold its annual election on Tuesday Sept. 8, the same day voters will consider the proposed 2020-2021 municipal and school budgets. The three, two-year terms on the select board are…
Fewer than a dozen voters turned out for a public hearing on Wiscasset’s combined municipal and school budgets of just under $12 million Aug. 18. Selectmen held the hearing before their meeting in…
AUGUSTA — Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced Tuesday he is joining a coalition of state Attorneys General led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro in filing a federal lawsuit…
Lincoln County Republican Committee
On Saturday, Aug. 22, the Lincoln County Republican Committee will be holding a celebration of the American Bicentennial at its headquarters located at 241 Route 1, Damariscotta from 11 a.m. to 3…
2020 elections
U.S. Senate Democratic candidate and Maine State House Speaker Sara Gideon toured Bigelow Laboratory facilities Aug. 7 after announcing an eight-part climate plan earlier in the day. Gideon said…
Griffin Sherry, one of the founding members of the Maine-based, nationally-known, ‘roots holler’ group The Ghost of Paul Revere, will perform…
Nomination papers are available for two seats on the Woolwich select board. Both are three-year terms to be decided at the Nov. 3 general election. The terms of Jason Shaw and Allison Hepler are…
Maine born-and-bred humorist Tim Sample will emcee the Drive In for Democracy: A Rally for the People, on Sunday, Aug. 30 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Wiscasset Speedway. The event, hosted…
Press release
Lincoln County Democrats will hold the Drive In for Democracy: A Rally for the People, at the Wiscasset Speedway, 274 West Alna Rd., from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. The “pandemic-safe”…
About 35 Dresden residents sat six feet apart in the cleared out fire house Saturday, July 18, with some of the bay doors open to increase airflow, while the residents passed most town meeting…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said voters July 14 passed the $24 million, 2020-21 school budget, 1,858-825.
"The RSU 12 Board of Directors…
Dresden Town Administrator Michael Henderson on Wednesday morning reported the following election results:
First Selectman
- Doray, Sabrina 82
- Gleason, Donald 143 …
Ross Norton held his selectmen’s seat in an uncontested re-election bid on the July 14 Westport Island ballot.…
Wiscasset’s voting results provided by Town Clerk Linda Perry. See attachment.
Alna voting results from a town email, including a 117-157 loss for a proposed raising of $50,000 for legal costs.
State Republican Primary
