CHESTERVILLE — Town officials are mulling over at least four issues to be brought to a special town meeting for a vote. All concern actions taken at the annual town meeting March 27: • Money for the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers; • Money to pay for public works equipment; • Wording on the Selectmen Recall […]
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Posted inFranklin
Money raised for Chesterville Day needs further approval
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen learned recently that the $1,000 approved by voters to plan a townwide celebration this year can’t be accepted by the North Chesterville Extension Homemakers. Homemakers is a program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and university officials told Gill the money couldn’t be accepted because it wasn’t for a specific Homemakers’ […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Rumford votes overwhelmingly for water-extraction moratorium
Brie Weisman of Rumford speaks at a special town meeting Tuesday evening on enacting a 180-day moratorium on large-scale water-extraction projects. The moratorium was passed by voters. Rumford residents hold up green cards at a special town meeting Tuesday night. The cards signify they favor a six-month moratorium on large-scale water-extraction projects. The measure passed overwhelmingly. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Buckfield board schedules special town meeting on retail marijuana moratorium
BUCKFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 Tuesday evening to hold a special town meeting Monday, Jan. 30, to vote on a moratorium on retail marijuana establishments and social clubs. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Auditorium. The moratorium is the only issue on the warrant. On Nov. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris voters approve using surplus funds to cover overdrafts
PARIS – Residents voted unanimously Thursday evening to use $168,319 from surplus to cover overdrafts in town accounts. Town Manager Vic Hodgkins said an article authorizing coverage of budget shortfalls was inadvertently omitted from the June 2016 annual town meeting warrant. The overdrafts were due to the following: • Two police officers out on workers’ […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Residents hear details about new sewer system
OXFORD — Voters at Thursday night’s special town meeting were assured by selectmen that they do not have to tie into the the new wastewater treatment plant sewer system as long as their systems do not fail. About 50 residents approved an eight-article warrant that essentially formalized and created the tools needed to operate the […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Oxford voters to decide treatment plant funding issues
OXFORD — A special town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, to vote on money matters related to the new wastewater treatment plant on Route 121. The meeting will be held at the Town Office on Pleasant Street. The eight articles on the warrant “formalize and create the tools needed to […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry voters approve additional $264K for Sunday River Road project
NEWRY — Residents at a special town meeting Tuesday voted to appropriate an additional $264,000 toward the Sunday River Road project, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said. At the annual town meeting on March 8, residents voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue a bond not to exceed $850,000 to pave Sunday River Road […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry to decide Sunday River Road funding at meeting June 21
NEWRY — Residents will decide at a special town meeting Tuesday whether to raise and appropriate an additional $264,000 toward the Sunday River Road project. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Bear River Grange Hall. At the annual town meeting on March 8, residents voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway residents to vote on purchase of $325K ladder truck
NORWAY — Voters will be asked to give the go-ahead to finance a $325,000 used ladder truck the Norway Fire Department hopes to purchase at a special town meeting Thursday. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Town Office. The Fire Department hopes to buy a 2004 Pierce Dash, with a 100-foot-tall platform that […]