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The ballots throughout the Coast Star area will include incumbents, newcomers and former elected officials.

After weeks of uncertainty, the apartment building at 1616 Ouellette Ave. in Windsor is liveable again. Residents began returning Dec. 16.

Or will a political newcomer unseat one of them? Voters will decide when they head to this polls Tuesday, June 8. On their ballots, they’ll find incumbent selectmen Dan Dubois and Phil Labbe, as well as challenger Rodney Sparkowich. Dan Dubois Dubois, who works at Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick, is seeking his fourth consecutive term on the board. “Volunteers are hard to come by,” he said. “I feel this is a duty. I want to serve my community.” Before becoming a selectman, Dubois ser...

If the nomination papers currently in circulation are any indication, several candidates are poised to throw their hats into the proverbial ring to run for office during the elections in local towns this June. Nomination papers in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells and Ogunquit became available at town clerks’ offices in late February and are due back there by Friday, April 9. Heres a rundown of how the races are shaping up: Kennebunk In Kennebunk, Deputy Town Clerk Carrie Weeman report...

Early signs of heightened interest in Kennebunk 2021 local elections KENNEBUNK, Maine – Nomination papers wont be available until later this month for those who wish to run for office during this Junes local elections, but Town Clerk Merton Brown said people are already showing an earlier-than-usual interest in them. "Early interest is a good indicator that interest is heightened," he said. Brown said several people started calling his office more than three weeks ago to ask procedure-relate...