WILTON — The annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection takes place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Wilton Transfer Station, Town Manager Rhonda Irish reminded selectpersons Tuesday.

The collection allows residents to safely dispose of paint, old gasoline, drained oil or chemicals from their garages, gardens, homes or workshops.

Items not accepted include latex paints, ammunition, prescription medicines, syringes and compressed gas cylinders.

Residents can secure the items for disposal in the trunks of their vehicles and attendants at the transfer station will remove them, she said.

In other business, the board rejected two roofing bids for the Kineowatha Park Boy Scout building. The bids were $9,800 and $24,000 and the board decided to readvertise because of the wide range in prices. Both bidders may rebid for the project.

The board voted to accept bids until 4 p.m. Sept. 15 and discuss it at its Sept. 16 meeting. Selectpersons Tom Saviello, Paul Berkey and Tiffany Maiuri voted yes, Chairman Scott Taylor abstained and John Black was absent.

The board also discussed a potential new stop sign for the intersection of Munson and Cemetery roads.

When an official from the state fire marshal’s office came to inspect a new day care on Cemetery Road, he was almost hit by a car coming off Munson Road, she said. Because of the hill and curve coming down off Munson to the intersection, Irish recommended placing a stop sign on Cemetery Road to avoid any potential for accidents. The only concern is the potential for more traffic on the road because of the new day care, she said.

In other business, Irish presented a framed map of Wilton and a poster from the town’s sesquicentennial celebration. The map, donated to the town by Ken Sawyer, previously hanged in York House, now the site of the Western Maine Play Museum. The poster was donated by Paul Harnden. It was found in a barn belonging to his grandfather, Myron Packard.

Many of the same activities from the 1953 celebration are now observed during the Wilton Blueberry Festival, Irish said. Fireworks over the lake, a parade, firemen’s muster and strawberry festival were all part of the celebration, she read from the poster.

The map and poster will be displayed in the Town Office.

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