DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to task town attorney Jennifer Kreckel with interpreting the opinions of a Belfast lawyer and the Maine Municipal Association on a citizen’s petition for the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials five years ago about constructing wind […]
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Dixfield board, town manager present Irene Weld with Boston Post Cane
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen presented Irene Weld with the Boston Post Cane on Monday evening, almost 90 days after her husband, the previous recipient, died. “I’m not 100 percent sure, but I believe that this is the first time in our town that we’ve had a husband and wife recipient of the Boston […]
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Price hike of Safe Routes project prompts Dixfield board to schedule special town meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to have Town Manager Carlo Puiia schedule a special town meeting on using surplus funds to pay for the recent cost increase of the Safe Routes to School project. Puiia said that in March 2013, the engineering and administration cost for project was estimated at […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve Code of Ethics policy
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to adopt an official Code of Ethics policy and to discuss adding an addendum at a later meeting to detail what would happen if the board were to violate the rules. The selectmen postponed approving the Code of Ethics policy at their previous meeting since […]
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Residents approve amended municipal budget items at special town meeting
DIXFIELD — Voters at Wednesday night’s special town meeting overwhelmingly approved four budgets for town accounts, three weeks after rejecting them. The meeting at Dirigo High School drew 50 residents, far fewer than the approximately 750 who cast ballots for the 2015-16 municipal budget June 9 at the polls. On Wednesday, voters, by a show […]
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Dixfield residents to vote on defeated budgets at July 1 special town meeting
DIXFIELD — A special town meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, for residents to vote on amended municipal budget articles. The meeting will be held at Dirigo High School. On June 9, residents voted on a $2.3 million budget. Six of the articles were defeated, including four municipal budgets for the Executive […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to schedule July 1 special town meeting
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to schedule a special town meeting for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, to vote on the four budget items rejected at the June 9 referendum. The budgets were for Executive Department, Regional Expenses, Reserve Funds and Debt Service. Newly-elected board Chairman Hart Daley said that “after the […]
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Dixfield voters reject six budget articles
DIXFIELD — Residents rejected six budget articles on Tuesday’s referendum ballot, ballot warden Theresa Hemingway said Wednesday morning. For the second-consecutive year, residents rejected the proposed Executive Department budget. The vote was 346-391. The Board of Selectmen recommended $302,113, while the Finance Committee recommended $306,513. The requested amount was $317,197. Hemingway said voters also rejected […]
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Four candidates vying for two seats on Dixfield Board of Selectmen
DIXFIELD — Four residents are vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen in the June 9 elections. Selectmen Scott Belskis and Hart Daley are being challenged by former Town Manager and Selectman Eugene Skibitsky and former Selectman Steve Donahue. Daley said, “Sitting on the board for three years, I learned a lot more […]
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Dixfield residents question wind developer
DIXFIELD — A representative from a Massachusetts wind energy company fielded questions Monday evening from selectmen and residents about what effects an upcoming Wind Energy Facility Ordinance vote would have on a potential project. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago about constructing a 20-megawatt wind turbine project on Colonel […]