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Letter: Lawmakers must ignore party ideology

Now that the elections are over, it is my hope that our newly elected and re-elected state and federal representatives will waste no time in focusing on the issues of concern to older Mainers and their families. Issues such as financial and health security are of paramount importance to many of o...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:20 am

Letter: Frank misses the point about Citizens United

Most people have enough common sense to reject the ideas that corporations are people, and that money is speech, through deductive reasoning. Yet these concepts have been codified into law by our Supreme Court in the oligarchical “Citizens United” ruling. Halsey Frank’s recent

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:00 am

Durham voters defeat proposal to leave RSU 5

FREEPORT — By a nearly 3-1 margin, Durham voters on Tuesday shot down a measure to withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. The vote was 1,718 against the proposal, 650 in favor. The approval would have authorized the town to spend $50,000 to formally explore withdrawing from RSU...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:50 am

Gideon defeats James by wide margin in House District 106

FREEPORT — Former Town Councilor Sara Gideon earned two years in the state House of Representatives Tuesday by defeating Jody James in the District 106 election. In a race that pitted a local politician and former marketer against a small-town banker, Democrat Gideon almost double Ja...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 10:00 am

Wellen upsets Cassida in Freeport Town Council election

FREEPORT — Political newcomer Andrew Wellen defeated decade-long incumbent Chairman Jim Cassida for one of two Town Council seats Tuesday night.

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:50 am

Grover unseats Gorden in Cumberland County Commission rematch

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County commissioner-elect in District 3 called election night a “great night for independents and underdogs” after he won by a wide margin. Mark Grover, I-Yarmouth, defeated incumbent Stephen Gorden, R-North Yarmouth, by a vote of 16,756 to ...

Amber Cronin • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 8:20 am

Gerzofsky: Re-election in state Senate District 10 part of a 'nice revolution'

BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, Tuesday won a third term representing state Senate District 10, defeating Freeport Republican Ralph Dean by a wide margin. Unofficial results from Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal showed Gerzofsky with 67 percent of vote, 1...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 8:10 am

Pingree posts 2-1 victory margin in 1st Congressional District

PORTLAND — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, declared victory in her 1st Congressional District race against Republican Jon Courtney on Tuesday night just before 10 p.m. “Clearly the voters have said to me, ‘We’ve all worked hard over the last four years...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:30 am

UPDATE: Mainers legalize same-sex marriage; licenses likely by early January

A supporter waves a sign during the Mainers United for Marriage campaign party at the Holiday Inn in Portland on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Hundreds of people gathered to watch the election returns.

Judy Harrison and Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:20 am

UPDATE: King wins Maine U.S. Senate seat, says caucus decision coming

Independent former Gov. Angus King speaks to supporters Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Freeport after his election to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.

Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News • News •
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:00 am
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