In stark contrast to the spate of school budget rejections around Maine last summer, four Aroostook County districts that faced strong opposition in 2025 roundly passed their budgets at referendum Tuesday, echoing a trend in voting booths across the state. Voters from districts based in Fort Kent, Madawaska, Caribou and Hodgdon all approved their budgets […]
Platner, who began regular town hall visits to The County early in his campaign, drew voters who identified with his message of change.
Voters in the Presque Isle area school district overwhelmingly approved the closure of the nearly 70-year-old Zippel Elementary School at referendum on Tuesday. Residents of MSAD 1, the five-community school district that includes Mapleton, Chapman, Castle Hill and Westfield, also passed the district’s $33 million budget by a slightly slimmer margin. The closure of Zippel […]
The region’s three largest cities saw modest turnout by midday.
Roland “Danny” Martin of Sinclair announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for House District 2 in the Maine House of Representatives, which includes the communities of Cross Lake, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Madawaska, Madawaska Lake, Perham, St. Agatha, Sinclair and Van Buren.
They discussed topics from water rights to gaming legislation to the teaching of native history in Maine’s schools.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — On Tuesday, June 9, primary elections will be held in Maine. Voting in Presque Isle will take place at the Sargent Family Community Center located at 24 Chapman Road from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The election ballot does include ranked-choice voting. Sample ballots may be viewed at the City Clerk’s […]
He decided to run on Election Day, when he went to the town office to vote and noticed there were vacant seats.
Maine is the only state that does not recognize the tribes as sovereign nations.
About 50 of the town’s 1,200 residents turned out to approve budget items and learn results of elections held Monday.
