Mar 19, 2025
MDI REGION—Three of the island towns, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont, have closed their process for getting on the ballot for this year’s elected town officials and representatives election.
Trenton’s deadline for turning in nomination papers is this Friday, March 21, at noon and Bar Harbor’s deadline is Friday, April 11, at 5 p.m.
Below are the candidates who have turned in nomination papers and will likely be on the ballot for Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. The potential candidates who have turned in nomination papers for Bar Harbor and Trenton as of the publishing of this article are also listed below. Bar Harbor also shows potential candidates who have taken out nomination papers but not yet turned them in.
Mount Desert
Selectboard
Two seats – three-year term
- Rodney King – three-year term
- Wendy Littlefield (incumbent) – three-year term
MDES School Committee
Two seats – three-year term
- Gail Marshall – three-year term
- Andrew Solomon – three-year term
MDI High School Board of Trustees
One seat – three-year term
- Daniel Kane – three-year term
Current seat holders not running for reelection
Selectboard
- Rick Mooers, term expires 2025 – three-year term
MDES School Committee
- Jarrod Kushla, term expires 2025 – three-year term
- Jennica Piecuch, term expires 2025 – three-year term
MDI High School Board of Trustees
- Carole Plenty, term expires 2025 – three-year term
The residents of Mount Desert will vote for these elected officials at their annual municipal election on Monday, May 5, 2025, at the town office, 21 Sea Street, Northeast Harbor.
Southwest Harbor
Select Board
Two seats – three-year term
- Thomas Benson – three-year term
- Natasha Johnson (incumbent) – three-year term
- Dan C. Norwood – three-year term
- James Vallette (incumbent) – three-year term
Pemetic School Committee
One seat – three-year term
- Jacques H. Newell Taylor – three-year term
MDI High School Board of Trustees
One seat – three-year term
- Steven L. Hudson (incumbent) – three-year term
Current seat holders not running for reelection
Pemetic School Committee
- Beau Lisy, term expires 2025 – three-year term
The residents of Southwest Harbor will vote for these elected officials at their annual municipal election on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the Southwest Harbor Fire Department, 250 Main Street, Southwest Harbor.
Tremont
Select Board
One seat – three-year term
- James “Jamie” Thurlow (incumbent) – three-year term
Tremont School Committee
One seat – three-year term
- Jessica Bass (incumbent) – three-year term
MDI High School Board of Trustees
One seat – three-year term
- Lawrence “Larry” W. Albee – three-year term
Current seat holders not running for reelection
MDI High School Board of Trustees
- Diedre Rigby, term expires 2025 – three-year term
The residents of Tremont will vote for these elected officials at their annual municipal election on Monday, May 12, 2025, at the town office, 20 Harbor Drive, Bass Harbor.
Bar Harbor
Town Council
Two seats – three-year term
- Earl Brechlin (incumbent) – three-year term – papers turned in
One seat – two-year term
- Randy Sprague (incumbent) – two-year term – papers taken out
One seat one-year term
Warrant Committee
Five seats for three-year terms
- Louise Lopez (incumbent) – three-year term – papers turned in
- Robert Chaplin (incumbent) – three-year term – papers taken out
- Eben Salvatore (incumbent) – three-year term – papers taken out
- Jeremiah Graham – three-year term – papers taken out
One seat for two-year term
- Vicky Smith (incumbent) – two-year term – papers taken out
- Micheal Good – two-year term – papers taken out
Conners Emerson School Committee
Two seats for three-year terms
- Tyson Starling (incumbent) – three-year term – papers turned in
- Tracey Neel – three year term – papers taken out
MDI High School Board of Trustees
One seat for three-year term
One seat for one-year term
- No candidates has taken out papers as of the publishing of this article
Current seat holders who have not yet taken out papers for reelection
Town Council
- Matthew Hochman, term expires 2025 – three-year term
- Meagan Kelly (Interim until June 2025), term expires 2026 – one-year term
Warrant Committee
- Julie Berberian, term expires 2025 – three-year term
- Jeffery Young, term expires 2025 – three-year term
Conners Emerson School Committee
- Alexandra Simis, term expires 2025 – chose not to run again
MDI High School Board of Trustees
- Larry Sweet, term expires 2025 – three-year term
Nomination papers are available at the town clerk’s office, 93 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor.
Deadline for filing nomination papers is Friday, April 11, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
The residents of Bar Harbor will vote for these elected officials at their annual municipal election on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the town office, 93 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor.
Trenton
Select Board
One seat – three-year term
- Danielle Cole (incumbent) – three-year term
One seat – two-year term
- Judith Sproule – two-year term
- Carol Perreault – two-year term
One seat – one-year term
- Jarrod Rollins – one-year term
- Susan Sargent – one-year term
Trenton School Committee
Two seats – three-year term
- Nobody has taken out papers as of the publishing of this article.
Current seat holders who have not yet taken out papers for reelection
Select Board
- Daniel Monahan, term expires 2026, but has resigned due to moving – one-year term
- Charles Farley Jr., term expires 2027, but has resigned due to moving – two-year term
Trenton School Committee
- Curtis Gott, term expires 2025 – three-year term
- Mikhayla Winger, term expires 2025 – three-year term
Nomination papers are available now at the town clerk’s office, 59 Oak Point Road, Trenton.
Deadline for filing nominations papers is Friday, March 21, 2025 at 12-noon.
The residents of Trenton will vote for these elected officials at their annual municipal election on Monday, May 19, 2025, at the town office, 59 Oak Point Road, Trenton.
EVENTS
NOTE:
We’ve updated the story that went out earlier today to include a statement by Cara Ryan. That statement is at the bottom of the original story.
And we’ve included it in full here.
“I’d like to say, for the record, that I know the difference between public debate about town issues and Appeals Board work. In the latter, we have to deal with facts and the LUO, nothing else. I wasn’t trying to hide my public statements about cruise ships–my only mistake was not making a point of insisting on a conflict review at a special preliminary meeting,” Ryan said. “It’s the board’s job to determine whether members have a conflict or appearance of conflict or even bias sufficient to disqualify them from participation. I hope in the future we can prevent this kind of weaponization of our ethics ordinance.”
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