Two well-known candidates in Buxton are vying for a three-year selectman seat held by Cliff Emery, who isn’t running for re-election.

Carol Sanborn, 70, a former selectman, and Peter Burns, 63, a former chairman and longtime member of the Budget Committee, are running for the seat.

Buxton voters will choose one of the two in eletcions next week. The polls will be open 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday at Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road.

Sanborn said property taxes top the concerns she’s hearing about as communities face the possibility of receiving less revenue from the state.

“Taxpayers are maxed to the hilt,” Sanborn said.

Sanborn was elected as selectman twice beginning in 2001. She narrowly lost a re-election bid in a crowded field of six candidates two years ago.

Sanborn, who works three days a week at Rufus Deering in Portland, and her husband, Charles, who is retired, live on Hurlin Smith Road. They have four grown children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Sanborn has been a Buxton rescue chief, firefighter, emergency medical technician and dispatcher. She has also served on the Budget Committee and Board of Appeals.

Burns said people are worried about taxes, jobs and what happens in Augusta. “People are concerned about finances,” Burns said. “That overshadows everything.”

Burns, who has served several terms on the Budget Committee, resigned as its chairman earlier this spring as he launched a campaign for selectman. Burns made a strong run for selectman in 2007 but missed capturing one of the two available seats by 35 votes. Burns previously lost a bid to then incumbent, Cliff Emery, in 2006.

Burns worked 27 years in a supervisory role at National Semiconductor. He now works full time at Cabella’s. He and his wife, Ilse Burns, a teacher in School Administrative District 6, live on Back Nippen Road. They have two adult sons.

Both candidates have longtime ties to the town. Sanborn has been a Buxton rescue chief, firefighter, emergency medical technician and dispatcher. She has also served on the Budget Committee and Board of Appeals. She grew up in Buxton and graduated from the S.D. Hanson High School in 1958.

“I know the town very well,” Sanborn said.

Burns, a four-year Air Force veteran, was originally from Buxton and started school in Buxton before his family moved away. He returned 40 years ago.

Regularly attending selectmen meetings, Burns, like Sanborn, is familiar with town government. “I’m concerned about watching the money,” Burns said.

Two familiar candidates in Buxton are vying for a three-year selectman seat held by Cliff Emery who isnproperty taxes top the concerns shee two in secret balloting next week. The polls will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, at Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road. Sanborn was elected as selectman twice beginning in 2001. Sanborn narrowly lost a reelection bid in a crowded field of six two years ago. Burns, who has served several terms on the Budget Committee, resigned as its chairman earlier this spring to launch a campaign for selectman. Burns made a strong run for selectman in 2007 but missed capturing one of the two available seats by 35 votes. Burns previously lost a bid to then incumbent, Cliff Emery, in 2006. Sanborn, who works three days a week at Rufus Deering in Portland, and her husband, Charles, who is retired, live on Hurlin Smith Road. Sanborn has been a Buxton rescue chief, firefighter, emergency medical technician and dispatcher. She has also served on the Budget Committee and Board of Appeals. ith town government. Both candidates have long ties to the town. Burns, a four-year Air Force veteran, was originally from Buxton and returned 40 years ago. Sanborn grew up in Buxton and graduated from the S.D. Hanson High School in 1958. cutline (Peter Burns) – Peter Burns

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