Former Rep. Karen Kusiak and Winslow Town Councilor Steven Russell are vying to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Cyrway.
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Pair of Democrats face off in Augusta area Senate District 15 primary race
Candidates John Glowa Sr. and Kellie Julia site experience and education in their bids to win the Democratic nomination for the central Maine district.
Waterville teachers’ union urges members to support recall of mayor
In a letter to union members, the vice president of the Waterville Education Association said the group supports the recall of Mayor Nick Isgro and condemned his tweet about Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg.
Republican candidates vying to run for Hallowell, Manchester, West Gardiner house seat
The seat is currently occupied by Rep. Charlotte Warren, a Hallowell Democrat running for reelection.
Democratic gubernatorial candidates address China forum
China residents vying for House and Senate seats also take part in the event, held at South China Community Church.
29th annual Maine Town Meeting in Skowhegan focuses on fake news
A day short of the anniversary of Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speech, a former journalist and a historian address the evolving role of media in American society.
Waterville residents drop recall of Ward 7 councilor
Patrick Roy, who started the recall on City Councilor Jackie Dupont, said Waterville needs to work together but with “flat-landers taking over the city council (it) is not just to the people of the city.”
LePage bill intended to protect elderly from tax lien foreclosure in limbo
The governor, who now is working with a Caribou woman whose home was foreclosed on, vows to ensure the bill gets sponsored next year if a special session, which he has the power to convene, is not called.
Waterville mayor attempts to frame recall election as a tax issue
Opponents of Nick Isgro say he’s trying to intimidate voters, while an expert said the mayor could be employing a strategy to deflect attention from the reason for the recall.
Waterville city councilor Lessing to take job at University of Iowa in July
Councilor Lauren Lessing, who is an employee at Colby College, is leaving to become the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.