Posted inMaine, sj-web

PORTLAND: Strimling eyes re-election, a year before mayoral vote

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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Posted inObituaries, sj-web

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 […]

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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 […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

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 […]

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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 […]