November 2015 – Page 156 – Centralmaine.com

Elections, Maine, News

Monmouth voters approve boat launch money

by Craig Crosby November 3, 2015November 3, 2015

Voters agreed to spend $50,000 to more than double parking at the boat launch on Cochnewagon Lake.

Local Elections, Maine, Maine Crime, News

Oakland voters authorize new police station

by Peter McGuire November 3, 2015November 3, 2015

Close to 70 percent of voters approved the $1.05 million project.

Elections, Maine, News

Cusick takes Augusta Ward 3 Board of Education seat

by Keith Edwards November 3, 2015November 3, 2015

The Ward 3 Board of Education race was the only contested local race in Augusta on Election Day.

Local Elections, Maine, News

Incumbents ousted in Waterville Ward 1 and 7 seats

by Lauren Abbate November 3, 2015November 3, 2015

Political newcomer Stephen Soule defeated Council Chairman Charles Fred Stubbert for the Ward 1 seat. Jacqueline Dupont defeated incumbent Karen Rancourt-Thomas for the Ward 7 seat.

Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics

Portland businesses cheer voters’ rejection of $15 minimum wage

by Edward D. Murphy November 3, 2015January 4, 2016

The proposal to make Portland’s minimum wage twice as much as the state minimum met resistance from the business community and got just 42 percent of the vote.

Maine, News

El Faro’s bridge – and ‘black box’ – separated from wreckage during sinking

by Dennis Hoey November 3, 2015

Despite the setback, the NTSB says it will keep searching for the navigation bridge and the voyage data recorder, which would help investigators determine why the ship sank.

Business, Food, Lifestyle