JAY — Selectpersons will hold a public hearing tonight on the proposed design and construction of improvements to about 2,200 feet of Old Jay Hill Road from routes 4 and 17. Following the 6 p.m. hearing at the Town Office, the board will discuss a request from Regional School Unit 73 to use the town’s […]
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Franklin County panel to hold hearing on $6M budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on a proposed $6.27 million spending plan at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the county courthouse. It includes the jail budget of $1.89 million. The committee made $213,993 in tentative cuts on May 12 to the commissioners’ proposed budget. County Clerk Julie Magoon […]
Dixfield sets hearing on warrant articles
DIXFIELD — A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, June 2, on town meeting warrant articles. The hearing will be held in the basement of Ludden Memorial Library and moderated by Richard Pickett. Residents voted on the first nine articles at the April 28 town meeting. The remaining 18 will be decided by […]
Dixfield board to hear police, water department reports
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing for the Dixfield American Legion during its Monday, Feb. 22, meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the downstairs room of Ludden Memorial Library. At the start of the meeting, the Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on whether to consider […]
Newry selectmen meeting Tuesday
NEWRY — A public hearing and an update on the effort to build a new veterans’ memorial outside the Town Office are among the items on the agenda for the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Town Office, said Town Administrator Loretta Powers. In […]
Dixfield selectmen schedule hearing on sidewalks
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to schedule a public hearing for public comment on whether to move forward with the Safe Routes to School project, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Wednesday. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with constructing 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High School to […]
Lisbon council passes proposed school budget
LISBON – In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the Town Council approved a proposed school budget of just over $15 million, which is $234,188 less than the School Committee recommended. For the fourth time this year, voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 to decide on a spending plan for 2015-16. They rejected a […]
Roxbury weighs pros and cons of speeding solutions
ROXBURY — Residents met with the Board of Selectmen on Thursday evening at the Town Office to discuss ways to reduce speeding on Main Street. The meeting followed complaints from Stan Kaubris and several other residents during the summer. Selectman Tim Derouche said Thursday that residents could provide a list of suggestions and later evaluate […]
Roxbury public hearing to address speeding on Main Street
ROXBURY — A public hearing on speeding along Main Street is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Town Office. At the board’s Aug. 25 meeting, resident Stan Kaubris told selectmen that during the summer he noticed “a large number of cars and four-wheelers driving crazy and way over the speed limit.” He […]
Dixfield selectmen schedule public hearing to extend moratorium another 180 days
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Monday evening to extend the wind energy facility moratorium for another 180 days to give them more time to amend the latest draft of the ordinance. Puiia said that Selectmen Mac Gill and Eugene Skibitsky voted against extending the moratorium. “They […]