A special town meeting will be held on June 24 with time and place to be determined.
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Jay residents petition town officials to hold special town meeting on CMP project
Petitioners want selectpersons to ask voters whether they oppose a 145-mile hydroelectric transmission line through Western Maine.
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Jay to be presented petition to rescind support for CMP project
JAY — A petition is expected to be presented to selectpersons Monday asking them to rescind their support for Central Maine Power’s proposed transmission line. The select board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 in the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School. The proposed New England Clean Energy Connect project would […]
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Hearing held on claim campaign of Brakey's opponent forged dead voters signatures
AUGUSTA — Allegations that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s campaign forged the signatures of dead voters to get his name on the June ballot are under review by the state Secretary of State’s Office. The complaint, brought by the campaign of Linn’s Republican primary rival, state Sen. Eric Brakey’s campaign of Auburn, was the […]
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State to hear Brakey's complaint of fake signatures on opponent's petition
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Republican hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King is facing challenges about the veracity of his signatures he collected to qualify for the June primary. Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the state will hold a public hearing Thursday on the challenge against financial planner Max Linn filed by opponent […]
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Scarborough group submits petitions to remove three school board members
SCARBOROUGH — A local political action committee that is aiming to unseat three school board members submitted recall petitions Monday at the Town Clerk’s Office. Shortly after noon, the Road to Renewal group turned in nearly 3,300 signatures for each targeted board member, said Paul Johnson, one of the group’s leaders. The petitions seek the […]
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Chesterville residents want to reapportion RSU 9 school board
Tiffany Estabrook of Chesterville is working with others to collect voters’ signatures on a petition asking the commissioner of education to determine the reapportionment of the RSU 9 board of directors. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Chesterville residents have organized a drive to collect signatures to petition the Maine commissioner of education to reapportion […]
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Scarborough group starts petitions to remove school board members
A group of Scarborough residents began circulating official petitions Tuesday to remove three school board members amid controversy over the recent resignation of the high school principal. The group, which has a Facebook page titled “Road to Renewal,” says its main objective is to force the resignation of Superintendent Julie Kukenberger and the reinstatement of […]
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Maine panel to take up rule-making petition for Franklin, Somerset counties
A Maine planning commission will consider a rule-making petition Wednesday that requests expansion of the expedited permitting area for wind energy development by nearly 25,000 acres in northern Franklin and Somerset counties. The Land Use Planning Commission meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Spectacular Events Center at 395 Griffin Road in […]
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Petition to revisit funding for new public works building voted down
NEW GLOUCESTER — A citizen-initiated petition to reconsider a town vote last month to build and fund a new public works facility failed to get the 283 valid signatures needed, according to officials. A total of 279 was required. On Monday, selectmen voted 3-2 against the petitioners’ request for another town meeting on the issue. Voters […]