Hilliard wins in District 76; Nutting re-elected

Chief Deputy Dale Lancaster appeared to be en route to a victory in the race for Somerset County sheriff Tuesday night, piling up a better than 2-1 lead

Maeghan Maloney won easily over independent challenger Kevin Sullivan.

Voters ousted City Councilor Erik Thomas, a strong supporter of the pay-as-you-throw trash program in the city’s election Tuesday.

Augusta voters also approved a new fire station and a charter change that will allow the superintendent to live outside the city.

Republican Isgro was elected by a 423-vote margin on Tuesday, and on Wednesday his wife is due to deliver the couple’s fourth child at Inland Hospital.

Voters reelected Quirion and gave the 26-year-old Ayer a victory in her first try for public office.

The winning candidate will step in immediately as mayor to serve the remaining year of former Mayor William Stokes’ term in the city’s top elective post.