PORTLAND—With the 2018 election in the books, all eyes in Portland now turn to next year’s mayoral race. Last Monday, one day before Election Day, incumbent Mayor Ethan Strimling filed initial campaign paperwork at City Hall that allows him to begin raising and spending money on things like polling. His filing is well-ahead of former […]
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Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro survives Tuesday recall by less than 100 votes
WATERVILLE — City residents on Tuesday by a 91-vote margin rejected a recall of Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro following a controversial tweet in which he criticized a student who survived a school shooting. Isgro prevailed in the vote with 1,563 against the recall and 1,472 in support of it. Election results were announced at 10:47 […]
Peter Whitmore
NAPLES, Fla. — Peter Whitmore, 77, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Avow Hospice House in Naples, Fla., as a result of complications from a stroke. He was born in Lewiston on May 17, 1940, the son of Oscar and Ethel Whitmore. He was raised in Auburn and was a graduate of Edward Little High […]
Auburn mayor pushing for more city, school shared services
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque is continuing his recent push to consolidate city and school departments and services by drafting a joint resolution that will go before the City Council next week. On Friday, Auburn officials announced a special meeting for Tuesday, April 10, to approve putting on the June ballot the question of the Auburn […]
Waterville Mayor Isgro faces calls for resignation over tweet attacking Parkland student
WATERVILLE — Mayor Nick Isgro is facing a growing backlash for a social media post about a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, including demands that he apologize or resign from office. Meanwhile, Democrats, some city councilors and residents said Thursday the mayor’s recent tweet about David Hogg isn’t an anomaly and is just […]
Auburn mayor, school officials talk city spending
AUBURN — City and school officials delved into the finer points of next year’s budget at a joint meeting Monday, as Mayor Jason Levesque pushed to find savings by collaborating. Throughout the two-plus-hour workshop, elected officials discussed Auburn’s school budget, Capital Improvement Plan and new high school project. Levesque led the meeting in an often […]
Former Auburn mayor Whitmore dies in Florida
AUBURN — Robert Peter Whitmore, former Auburn mayor, city councilor and Citizen of the Year, died Tuesday at the age of 77. Friends and former colleagues of Whitmore remembered him Wednesday as a man who did so much for the city of Auburn, it was hard to recount it all. “He was really an outstanding […]
Mayor Levesque to put focus on Auburn's brand
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque wants people outside Auburn to know what the city has to offer. He also wants people to know that Auburn is really close to Portland. “It’s one of the reasons that I ran,” Levesque said Wednesday, after spending a few hours at his office at Auburn Hall, where he goes […]
Shane Bouchard wins Lewiston mayoral runoff election
LEWISTON — Shane Bouchard will be the next mayor of Lewiston. In a dramatic turnaround from his vote total in November, Bouchard overcame his progressive opponent Ben Chin, who had come out on top in the November election. The unofficial tally Tuesday was 3,663 to 3,518, with Bouchard winning by 145 votes. After results came […]
Ben Chin responds to leaked emails
LEWISTON — Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin responded Monday to internal campaign emails that were leaked to a conservative website in which Chin describes, in one communication, encountering a “bunch of racists” while campaigning this year. One of the emails, written in June, was published by the website The Maine Examiner over the weekend and […]