AUGUSTA — Massachusetts scammers are sending Mainers letters stating they have unclaimed property or sweepstakes winnings that look real because they are marked as coming from the “Office of the State Treasurer” or the “National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators,” a state official warned Friday. “These letters, being mailed from out of state, are not […]
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New treasurer Hayes wants more transparency on bonds
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s treasurer-elect wants more transparency in how the state and organizations are spending bond money approved by voters by building an online tool that will make the information readily available to the public and policymakers. Terry Hayes, an independent from Buckfield who ousted the Democratic treasurer this week, said voters have a […]
Maine Legislature elects Hayes treasurer, re-elects Mills, Dunlap
AUGUSTA — In an upset victory, the Maine Legislature elected former state Rep. Terry Hayes of Buckfield to the post of state treasurer Wednesday night. Hayes, who left the Democratic Party in late November, was elected as an independent and nominated by Republicans. She won the two-year post over incumbent Neria Douglass, an Auburn Democrat […]
T. Hayes: Vote for the best qualified
Eliot Cutler will not drop out. The shrill political parties don’t own democracy, the voters do. Maine voters will decide this race. Those who voted for Cutler in 2010 did not elect LePage; those who voted for Libby Mitchell did. Cutler came within 1.7 percent of beating LePage. If independent Sean Moody had “dropped out,” […]
Hayes leaves commission race to work for Cutler campaign
PARIS — Oxford County Commission candidate Terry Hayes of Buckfield has withdrawn from the race to work for gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. Hayes, 55, a Democratic state representative for Sumner, Buckfield, Paris and Hartford, said Tuesday that she voluntarily withdrew from the race because she had accepted a position with the Cutler campaign and wouldn’t […]
T. Hayes: He will choose the best answer
As a Democrat from Oxford County, I am a proud supporter of Eliot Cutler for governor. Cutler should be Maine’s next governor because, to paraphrase the late President John F. Kennedy, Cutler won’t choose the Democratic answer or the Republican answer; he will choose the best answer for Maine. He is not focused on where […]
Hayes to run for Oxford County Commission
BUCKFIELD — State Rep. Terry Hayes, D-Buckfield, has announced her intention to run for a seat on the Oxford County Commission in this year’s general election. Hayes, 55, who represents Sumner, Buckfield, Paris and Hartford at the State House, said Friday that she hopes to put her six years of experience on the Legislature’s State and […]