Election Day in Scarborough draws near
Election Day in Scarborough draws near
By Lucas Knowles
Editor
This year’s fall election in Scarborough will include some large-scale local items as well as several state races.
This year, Election Day is on Nov. 7. Voting on that day will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Scarborough High School gymnasium.
Voters in Scarborough who cast their ballot this coming Tuesday will be asked their opinion on the town borrowing money to pay for the construction of a new Wentworth Intermediate School and an addition to Scarborough Middle School. Combined, the price tag for the projects is approximately $54 million, with $38 million for the intermediate school and $16 million for the middle school. The projects will appear as separate referendum questions on the ballot.
For locally elected office, three seats will be available on the Scarborough Town Council and School Board.
For Town Council, the first terms of councilors Robert Patch and Carol Rancourt are expiring and current council chairman Steve Ross will be giving up his seat because of his move to another town. Those who will be vying for the two three-year seats are Rancourt, Michael Shea, Richard Sullivan and David Dedian. Ronald Ahlquist was the only person to enter his name into the race for the one-year seat being vacated by Ross.
On the School Board, the three-year terms of David Beneman and Robert Mitchell and the one-year term of Jackie Perry are expiring. Neither Beneman, Mitchell or Perry filed paperwork to run for re-election. Those who will be on the ballot unopposed for the three three-year seats will be Annalee Rosenblatt, Jodie Lenardson and Jane Wiseman.
Ben Viola and Nico Rico have are running unopposed for re-election to the Scarborough Sanitary District Board of Trustees.
In the race for the District 6 (part of Scarborough, Gorham, Westbrook) State Senate seat, incumbent Democrat Phil Bartlett of Gorham, who is coming of his first term in the Maine Legislature, will be going up against Republican Jane Willett of Gorham.
In State Senate District 7 (part of Scarborough, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth), Republican Kevin Glynn of South Portland, who will be termed out of the Maine House of Representatives at the end of this session, is running against incumbent Democrat Lynn Bromley of South Portland. Green party member Keith Louis of South Portland will also be on the ballot for the District 7 seat.
In the race for the Maine House District 127 (eastern half of Scarborough), Democrat Shawn Babine (a town councilor) is running against Republican John McDonough.
Former State Representative and Senator Peggy Pendleton, a Democrat, is facing off against Republican Sylvia Most (a town councilor) and Green candidate Leo Knighton Tallarico in the race for Maine House District 128 (western half of Scarborough).
Scarborough’s Darlene Curley, who has served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives, is opposing incumbent Democrat Tom Allen and independent Dexter Kamilewicz in the race for Maine’s Congressional first district. Curley is a Republican.
Voters in Scarborough will also be casting their ballot for the Maine gubernatorial race. Incumbent Democrat John Baldacci is facing Republican Chandler Woodcock, Green Pat LaMarche and independents Barbara Merrill and Phillip Morris NaPier.
Democrat Jean Hay Bright is running against incumbent Olympia Snowe, a Republican, and independent Bill Slavick in the race for representing Maine in the U.S. Senate.
By Lucas Knowles
Editor
This year’s fall election in Scarborough will include some large-scale local items as well as several state races.
This year, Election Day is on Nov. 7. Voting on that day will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Scarborough High School gymnasium.
Voters in Scarborough who cast their ballot this coming Tuesday will be asked their opinion on the town borrowing money to pay for the construction of a new Wentworth Intermediate School and an addition to Scarborough Middle School. Combined, the price tag for the projects is approximately $54 million, with $38 million for the intermediate school and $16 million for the middle school. The projects will appear as separate referendum questions on the ballot.
For locally elected office, three seats will be available on the Scarborough Town Council and School Board.
For Town Council, the first terms of councilors Robert Patch and Carol Rancourt are expiring and current council chairman Steve Ross will be giving up his seat because of his move to another town. Those who will be vying for the two three-year seats are Rancourt, Michael Shea, Richard Sullivan and David Dedian. Ronald Ahlquist was the only person to enter his name into the race for the one-year seat being vacated by Ross.
On the School Board, the three-year terms of David Beneman and Robert Mitchell and the one-year term of Jackie Perry are expiring. Neither Beneman, Mitchell or Perry filed paperwork to run for re-election. Those who will be on the ballot unopposed for the three three-year seats will be Annalee Rosenblatt, Jodie Lenardson and Jane Wiseman.
Ben Viola and Nico Rico have are running unopposed for re-election to the Scarborough Sanitary District Board of Trustees.
In the race for the District 6 (part of Scarborough, Gorham, Westbrook) State Senate seat, incumbent Democrat Phil Bartlett of Gorham, who is coming of his first term in the Maine Legislature, will be going up against Republican Jane Willett of Gorham.
In State Senate District 7 (part of Scarborough, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth), Republican Kevin Glynn of South Portland, who will be termed out of the Maine House of Representatives at the end of this session, is running against incumbent Democrat Lynn Bromley of South Portland. Green party member Keith Louis of South Portland will also be on the ballot for the District 7 seat.
In the race for the Maine House District 127 (eastern half of Scarborough), Democrat Shawn Babine (a town councilor) is running against Republican John McDonough.
Former State Representative and Senator Peggy Pendleton, a Democrat, is facing off against Republican Sylvia Most (a town councilor) and Green candidate Leo Knighton Tallarico in the race for Maine House District 128 (western half of Scarborough).
Scarborough’s Darlene Curley, who has served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives, is opposing incumbent Democrat Tom Allen and independent Dexter Kamilewicz in the race for Maine’s Congressional first district. Curley is a Republican.
Voters in Scarborough will also be casting their ballot for the Maine gubernatorial race. Incumbent Democrat John Baldacci is facing Republican Chandler Woodcock, Green Pat LaMarche and independents Barbara Merrill and Phillip Morris NaPier.
Democrat Jean Hay Bright is running against incumbent Olympia Snowe, a Republican, and independent Bill Slavick in the race for representing Maine in the U.S. Senate.
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