volume 16, issue #14

Peaks Island Council update:

Candidates Night Wednesday at 6pm on Zoom!

Candidates Night with Mayoral + Council Candidates

We host our annual candidates forum with mayoral and city council candidates this Wednesday, November 1st at 6pm on Zoom. 

All candidates will be present:
Pious Ali
Justin Costa

Mark Dion
Dylan Pugh
George Rheault
Andrew Zarro
April Fournier
Bill Linnell 

The candidates will take questions from Peaks Councilors and the Zoom attendees.

Zoom information is below. Please write pic@portlandmaine.gov with any questions.

Peaks Island Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Peaks Island Candidates Night
Time: Nov 1, 2023 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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CBL Board Candidates Night

We’re in the process of organizing a forum with Casco Bay Islands Transit District Board candidates to be held either this Thursday, November 2nd or Friday, November 3rd.

The two candidates running for the 3-year Peaks Island seat are:
Nate Cooper
Patrick Flynn

Date confirmation and Zoom info forthcoming.

November PIC Election

Two candidates have declared candidacy for the open Peaks Council seats— both current Peaks Councilors, Fred Somers and Jess Burton. Fred’s name will appear on the ballot. Jess is registered as a write-in. Both are running for 3-year seats.

The two remaining seats will be filled by appointment. These will be 1-year seats. If you are interested in being considered for a one-year 2024 calendar-year appointment to the PIC, please write us at pic@portlandmaine.gov.

For more on this process, see our by-laws in the PIC Handbook.

PIC quick-links:
– Our monthly meetings’ Zoom is bit.ly/peakscouncilzoom.
– A digital archive of PIC meeting minutes, agendas, and materials is now available on our public Google Drive.
– Recent PIC email updates can be found here.
– Our emails can be found on the City’s PIC page. The full council can be reached at pic@portlandmaine.gov.

The 2023 PIC is:
Scott Mohler, co-chair
Jerzy Sylvester, co-chair
Fred Somers, vice chair
Peter McLaughlin, secretary
Rhonda Berg
Jess Burton
Natasha Markov-Riss

Peaks Island Council · Island Ave · Peaks Island, ME 04108 · USA