In the presidential election, Nobleboro picked Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by 622 to 466.

In the race to replace Sen. Olympia Snowe Nobleboro residents picked Angus King over Charlie…

In the presidential election, Bristol picked Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by 1049 to 718.

In the race to replace Sen. Olympia Snowe Bristol residents picked Angus King over Charlie Summers…

In the presidential election, Newcastle picked Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by 744 to 421.

In the race to replace Sen. Olympia Snowe Newcastle residents picked Angus King over Charlie…

Monhegan Isalnd voted President Barack Obama over Governor Mitt Romney 49 to 5.

For U.S. Senate, voters selected Independent Angus King with 44 votes. Cynthia Dill received 6 votes and…

The polls have closed in Boothbay Harbor and the results have arrived.

In the presidential election, Boothbay Harbor picked President Barack Obama by  754 to 572.

In the race to…

Though the temperature dropped in Boothbay Harbor as the sun set, the number of voters continued to rise. Local residents poured into the town office, eager to have their voices heard on…

Edgecomb voters were lined up at the Town Office when the polls opened at 8 a.m. By 8:45 a.m., 50 people had cast their votes. By 1:30 p.m., more than 300 residents had visited the polls. Edgecomb…

At the end of an election cycle votes cast in Southport always arrive at exactly the same spot.

It doesn't matter if the votes were cast for a president, a state senator or a water systems…

The polls were a popular place at the town office in Boothbay. As of noon, more than 1,250 ballots had been cast, which represented nearly half of the 2,537 registered voters in…

Boothbay Region High School held mock elections the morning of Super Tuesday. Students used their iPads to vote on a website coordinated by BRHS technology integrator, Barbara…

Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz will appraise the 2012 election results and their consequences for Mainers, in an appearance at the monthly meeting of the Lincoln…

The day after Woolwich Central School held mock elections, they had a special Halloween visitor, U.S. Senator Susan Collins. 

The school was Collins' first important meeting of the day,…

After weathering one storm, here at the Register we are getting ready for another.

This one (hopefully) won't leave anyone without power and shouldn't knock down any trees.

It is once…

Climaxing a long and contentious election cycle, the Lincoln County Republican Committee will host an election night celebration at the Davis Island Grill. Doors open at 5 p.m.,…

This election, some of the region’s most knowledgeable residents will not be allowed to vote.  Over the next week, students in Mark Gorey’s junior English class at Boothbay Region…

Senate District 20 covers 22 communities and three counties. It extends from Friendship in the east to Wiscasset in the west and all the way from Southport to Windsor. This year, the two…

Chellie Pingree, the Democratic incumbent running in Maine’s first congressional district said she first got involved in politics to work on critical issues like the cost of…

When Mary Trescot had plans to run for county commissioner in 2008,she found out too late when to file her paperwork.

This year, the paperwork was in on time, and Trescot, D-Damariscotta,…

One afternoon in Sanford Jon Courtney was sitting around with some friends discussing the role of government. Courtney, a small business owner, was complaining and his friend said…

When Sheridan Bond was 11 years old, he was given a list of things he could and couldn't do because of his diabetes.

His dream of being a Navy pilot was gone. Seven years after being…

For the past 24 years, Thomas A. Berry Esq. has been the Judge of Probate for Lincoln County, and like this year, has often run unopposed. So why should voters fill in the little oval next to his…

In the last couple weeks leading up to November 6, one may have noticed a colorful collection of signs gathering along the roadsides. Love them, hate them, or simply ignore them,…

Rep. Bruce MacDonald (D-Boothbay) is running for a fourth and final term as District 61's representative in the State House.

If reelected, MacDonald said he plans to continue to work for the…

Michael “Mick”  Devin (D), a retired Naval officer and a marine biologist, is seeking to represent the towns of Bristol, Damariscotta, Edgecomb, Monhegan Plantation, Newcastle and…

Local small business owner Alan “Buzz” Pinkham (R) is seeking to fill the seat currently held by District 51 Maine Representative Jon McKane in…

With just 27 days remaining before the election, the Lincoln County Republican Committee met October 10 to take stock of where the campaigns stood. Bruce Poliquin, Maine State Treasurer…

As far as Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers is concerned, the relationships he builds with community leaders around here and throughout Maine would help drive his work as a…

Stephanie Hawke made the decision to run for the position of District 61 Representative in January of this year. Hawke was encouraged by the action of legislators in the 125th session that were…

Despite the negativity in national ads, refreshingly civil discourse dominated the Boothbay region's Great State Debate, where four local candidates for Maine legislature spoke on…

After an hour of discussing the proposed consolidation of the Southport Water District during the October 10 public hearing, someone in the crowd at Southport Town Hall asked a simple question.…

Union workers and retirees met recently with two guest speakers, Lincoln County Democratic candidates Chris Johnson for State Senate and Joel Pitcher for State House, to discuss…

Lincoln County Democrats will gather for an old-fashioned political rally at their headquarters in Damariscotta Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m., just before the start of the second presidential…

Cynthia Dill has driven through Wiscasset more than a dozen times in her U.S. Senate campaign, and she's been caught in the same Route 1 bottleneck that motorists here endure every…

With little less than a month remaining until Maine and the country go to vote for the next leader of the United States, an important milestone has been reached at a local level.

In a way,…

Maine could get off oil in a matter of half a decade, according to Angus King. The longtime advocate of alternative energy said the technology that could ease Maine’s oil dependence is here, now…