LIVERMORE — Voters at Wednesday’s annual town meeting cut the municipal budget to $3.88 million and supported keeping the open meeting format to allow discussion on warrant articles. Voters cut $20,000 from highway maintenance and $125,000 from capital road improvements. The 2018-19 budget is 5.4 percent higher than this fiscal year’s, which ends June 30. Addressing […]
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Livermore Selectperson seats won by Guild, Timberlake
LIVERMORE – Voters elected Benjamin Guild to a three-year term Tuesday, while incumbent Wayne Timberlake was re-elected to a two-year seat on the Board of Selectpersons. Guild received 407 votes to Brett Deyling’s 127. Timberlake received 324 votes to Megan Dion’s 236. Incumbent Town Clerk Renda Guild received 546 votes, winning another two-year term. Incumbent […]
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Six seeking municipal offices in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Voters will elect a town clerk, a treasurer and two selectmen at the polls Tuesday, June 12. Ballots can be cast from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Town Office. Town Clerk Renda Guild is unopposed in her bid for re-election, as is Treasurer Amy Byron. Both positions are for two years. […]
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Livermore voters to decide on land gift
LIVERMORE — A decision on accepting 10 acres from the owners of Dollar General will be put to voters at the annual town meeting in June. Administrative assistant Amy Byron told selectpersons Tuesday night she had researched meeting minutes and found no vote from them to accept the gift. She said she did find a […]
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Parking on Keith Street in Livermore to be one side only
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday night agreed to post no parking signs on one side of Keith Street. A “Carry In/Carry Out” sign will also be put back at the portable toilets at the public beach at Brettuns Pond. Keith Street resident Ben Guild told the board about issues he and others living on the road […]
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Livermore board approves town office closure, elects new officers
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday voted to close the Town Office at 4 p.m. Monday, July 3, for the Independence Day celebration. Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls will celebrate the holiday July 3 with a 5 p.m. parade through Jay and Livermore Falls. Selectpersons previously voted to close the office at noon June 30 to […]
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Livermore board gives notice to delinquent taxpayer
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday night to foreclose on a home at 499 Canton Road and send the owner an eviction notice, if back taxes and associated fees are not paid by March 31. Treasurer and interim Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said $3,582.30 was owed as of March 1. A certified letter was sent […]
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Livermore confirms status of roads for plowing
LIVERMORE — Residents along five roads will continue to have town plowing services, after it was confirmed they are either public ways or have easements. More than 40 residents attended a meeting Monday night to give their opinions on the March 7 decision by the Board of Selectpersons to stop plowing certain roads because of […]
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RSU 73 budget outlook shared with Livermore officials
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey met with Livermore officials Tuesday night to discuss factors that may impact the 2016-17 school budget. Among them are the loss of 300 jobs at Verso Corp.’s Androscoggin Mill in Jay, the district’s sick leave buyback program, possibly reconfiguring the grades at two elementary schools […]
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Town Office staff to shift duties in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons have made a plan for handling town business when Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub leaves April 4 to become the town manager of Turner. Town Office staff will shift positions to cover responsibilities, Chairwoman Megan Dion said Thursday. The board had an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon to put a plan in place. Town […]