LEWISTON — A narrow vote against her downtown housing project won’t stop developer Phyllis St. Laurent, she said Tuesday. Lewiston voted against the proposed development 6,820 to 6,278. That’s a difference of 542 votes. St. Laurent said it’s a setback, but it won’t stop her. She said she’ll come back with a project that doesn’t […]
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Lewiston voters reject marijuana measure
LEWISTON — Distance makes all the difference, according to foes of legal marijuana in Maine. Scott Gagnon, director of the Maine coalition of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, said Tuesday’s split decisions on legal marijuana measures show that support wanes the farther north you go. “That’s what really matters when you think of a statewide vote […]
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South Portland approves marijuana use
SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters in South Portland have voted to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Ballot initiatives in South Portland and Lewiston call for the cities to allow adults ages 21 and older to possess an ounce of marijuana without facing any penalty. South Portland voters approved the measure Tuesday, while Lewiston defeated […]
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Pingree wins 1st Congressional District
PORTLAND — Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has easily won election to her fourth term in a low-key campaign in Maine’s 1st Congressional District. Pingree faced little in the way of big-money campaigning by Republican challenger Isaac Misiuk and independent Richard Murphy. Pingree is a self-proclaimed progressive who represents the more liberal of the state’s […]
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Collins easily keeps her U.S. Senate seat
PORTLAND — Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins warded off a challenge from feisty Democrat Shenna Bellows on Tuesday. Ten minutes after polls closed, the Bangor Daily News projected Collins as the winner. In a victory speech delivered about 9:30 p.m., Collins said her priorities in a return to Washington, D.C., are creating jobs, maintaining transportation […]
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McConnell wins re-election to U.S. Senate in Kentucky
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell won a hard-fought sixth term Tuesday, putting him a step closer to his lifelong dream of becoming majority leader and getting the GOP off to a good start in its goal of taking control of the Senate. Democrats once had high hopes for challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s […]
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LePage takes the cake in Lewiston bakery’s cookie poll
LEWISTON — In a wholly unscientific but decidedly sweet sampling of voter preference, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was leading in a dough-slide Tuesday afternoon. LePage’s likeness, or at least his photo baked on top of a sugar cookie, was the favorite for patrons of Grant’s Bakery on Sabattus Street in the bakery’s Election Day cookie […]
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Emergency utility crews given special access to vote by fax
Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed an emergency proclamation to allow 200 linemen and other Central Maine Power workers pressed into duty by an early November snowstorm to vote by fax machine. A company spokesman said supervisors were reaching out to crews busy restoring power to 38,000 customers still in the dark. Those who couldn’t […]
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Voters and candidates mingle at Lewiston-Auburn polling places
LEWISTON — Voters were walking the gauntlet of candidates, including some running for statewide offices, at the Longley School in the downtown Tuesday morning as poll workers handled a steady stream of people casting their ballots. “Something you said really resonated with me,” one man, leaning on a cane as he entered the building told […]