BETHEL — Residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of several municipal budget items at Wednesday evening’s annual town meeting at Crescent Park School. As of 8 p.m., residents were still making their way through the 38-article warrant. The proposed 2015-16 municipal budget is $3.7 million, an increase over last year’s $3.4 million. Among the articles approved […]
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Canton voters decide to appoint fire chief
CANTON — Selectman Brian Keene and Administrator Scotty Kilbreth were inside the Town Office on Saturday morning, still talking about the “great discussions and debates” from Thursday night’s Special Town Meeting. They mentioned the larger-than-usual crowd that voted on six warrant articles after electing Maine State Treasurer Terry Hayes of Buckfield as moderator. “It was […]
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Dixfield selectmen to vote on ordinances
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote Monday on whether to approve the final drafts of two ordinances that will go before voters June 10. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Ludden Memorial Library. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said selectmen will vote on the Wind Energy Recall Ordinance […]
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Obscure laws ban whistling, radioactive waste in Canton
CANTON — The theme song for “The Andy Griffith Show” from the 1960s, could never have been legally recorded or performed in Canton. On April 9, 1963, townspeople adopted an ordinance that banned whistling, among other things. That law and a few other “funky” laws are still on the books, although they’re no longer enforced, […]
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Chesterville to hold hearing on fireworks, water quality ordinances
CHESTERVILLE — The Planning Board will hold a public hearing Thursday, Jan. 30, on a draft of a new Fireworks Ordinance and amendments to the Water Quality Ordinance that voters adopted in 2013. Residents voted 147-94 in November to adopt an ordinance to protect water quality in the town. It sets guidelines on commercial water […]